Why is it that guys/girls randomly stop talking to each other?

[Anonymous]

me and this guy liked each other on and off in school for years and he stopped talking so I thought he lost interest and I stopped talking too, then he would see me after 6 months say hi again and start talking may be he missed me or felt attracted to me again I don't knw but I missed him too and would try to connect with him again we would talk for a week but then he would blow me off again and id ignore him getting pissed at him, and he would continue to flirt and make eye contact...

to this day I still don't know wtf his problem was and what he wanted for me. if I gave him all the attention wanted to go out I asked him out he would make excuses and blow me off and then when I backed off and ignored him he would get mad and try talking to me again...psycho I swear. glad its all over.

[Janeight]

i recently stopped talking to my one guy friend, y'know, ignoring his texts, because I do NOT like him like that. so I'm hoping he'll get the meaning...

[Undoubtable]

With me it's just a way to avoid conflict. It's the only way I know to distance myself from guy friends, and they rarely care or make a big deal out of it. As for the fairer sex, some girls turn out to be incredible drama queens if I tell them off, so it's easier to just stop talking to them. Anyway, it's always a matter of losing interest in them, or that they turn out to be obnoxious or annoying people and I won't bother making the effort to keep in touch.

[Anonymous]

me and this girl ignore one another but for now it has only been online but in person, were fine. The reason is I want to see if she will put that effort in to talk to me and not just want my attention

[Voltaire]

I never text anyone. If they want to talk to me, they text me. If they don't, I wouldn't want to annoy them by texting them. Surprisingly effective, actually.

[Anonymous]

I was once interested in a girl so we texted/emailed a LOT. Then I realized no relationship was gonna happen cos I didn't like her that much but she was really intense and I know that saying I wasn't interested wasn't an option after the amount of talkin we did. So, I just ignored her texts/facebooks I knew she would understand what it means. She did and got over me quickly. I felt bad for a while but then it suddenly got way easier when she realised. Sorted.