Should I stop responding?

[Anonymous]

So I've been chatting with this guy, and he purposely leaves me hanging. He pushes the convo until I get hooked, and only when I'm eagerly awaiting a response he abruptly leaves me hanging altho he's online- no g2g text, no apology/explanation after, nothing.

He also tries showing off how busy he is.

[wheist9095]

Yeah, I would stop responding. Like if it happens every now and again that's one thing, but if it's every time you guys get a text chain going he just ghosts with no warning then yeah that's a red flag

[Asker]

Yeah it's every time. He only leaves after he knows I'm hooked to the convo and waiting for a reply.

[wheist9095]

Then yeah, you should definitely stop responding. You don't have to call him out on it, you can just ghost him, like he was ghosting you. It'll be better for your mental health in the end to cut him out now instead of dragging it out

[Asker]

Thank you so much, that's what I'm going to do :)

[wheist9095]

No problem, good luck with this, it's not going to be easy or fun

[888theGreat]

Never good

[TallAnon]

It's a common pickup tactic.