Ghosting?

Say Nay · ‎03-12-2010

Didn't this used to be called getting dumped?

From the NYT: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/06/26/fashion/exes-explain-ghosting-the-ultimate-silent-treatment.htm...

Exes Explain Ghosting, the Ultimate Silent Treatment

It was not long ago that Sean Penn and Charlize Theron were a happy couple: appearing together in the front row of fashion shows and at film festivals, hugging on the beach. Recently, though, it was reported that Ms. Theron had stopped responding to Mr. Penn’s calls and text messages. She was “ghosting” him.

What’s Ghosting?

Ghost, a word more commonly associated with Casper, the boy who saw dead people and a 1990 movie starring Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze, has also come to be used as a verb that refers to ending a romantic relationship by cutting off all contact and ignoring the former partner’s attempts to reach out...

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Preds · ‎12-17-2012

That's getting dumped! I would think of stalking if I heard "ghosting". Strange.

Fate whispers to her, "You cannot withstand the storm." She whispers back, "I am the storm."

GSPgirl · ‎01-03-2012

Who knows? The world and vocabulary is changing around me. He is an abuser anyway. She was smart to dump him. My mom is friends with Robin Wright's mom and she said he was very abusive to her.

Say Nay · ‎03-12-2010

@Q2girl wrote:
Who knows? The world and vocabulary is changing around me. He is an abuser anyway. She was smart to dump him. My mom is friends with Robin Wright's mom and she said he was very abusive to her.

He seems like he would have a terrible temper.

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Pqfan · ‎03-09-2010

There must be 50 ways to leave your lo-ver.

Photo Donna · ‎03-09-2010

never heard that one before...

Hey you, get off of my cloud...

brii · ‎06-20-2010

He seems too "intense"

Pqfan · ‎03-09-2010

The only ghosting I have heard of is when online dating people go out with each other once and then you never hear from them again like they never existed. They ghosted you. Or if you are messaging back and forth and they delete their account without warning.

Mothertrucker · ‎01-30-2015

@Pqfan wrote:
There must be 50 ways to leave your lo-ver.

Just step out the back, Jack, Hop on the bus, Gus, No need to be coy, Roy..just getyourself free...