Why You Keep Getting Ghosted in the Talking Stage

What to do if they always stop messaging back

Hogan Torah
The Mitch

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One day you will send everyone you’ve ever known the last DM you will ever send them, but when you send it you won’t realize it’s the last one. Unless it’s someone you met on a dating app.

Getting ghosted is a byproduct of online dating. Many people don’t consider it ghosting until you’ve been on a date, so they have no moral issues about cutting it off before it starts. It’s easier for people to cut communication with someone they never met than tell you it’s not happening.

Most people can accept ghosting in the early stages, but if it keeps happening you start wondering. Is it me or them? Why does this keep happening to me?

If it’s an isolated incident, who knows? If it becomes a pattern there’s a few things you may want to ask yourself to rule out the possibility that it’s something you’re doing that could be corrected.

These are the most common reasons someone will ghost you before meeting up in person.

You’re too eager to meet in person

I’m on a dating site, you’re on a dating site. Let’s go on a date!

Sounds reasonable but slow your roll slugger. Skipping the talking phase with…

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The Mitch

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