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- She is an introvert.
- we see each other alone & away from our friends group every week. We go for lunches, to museums, coffees, Christmas markets. She gets nervous when alone with me.
- In a group, she follows me, talks to me the most and will butt into conversations I’m having with others.
- when she’s relaxed, 1 or 2 times we have had moments where we’ve just smiled & stared at each other in silence. She told me the other day how to relax her - make her laugh.
- She tells me about what she’s reading.
- She asks me questions about my opinions on things.
- She remembers things I said in the past.
- She shows admiration in her facial expression when I mention my hobbies, volunteering and ambition although later she says she should probably have more hobbies etc.
- if I ask her if she wants to do something, she says yes unless she’s genuinely busy which is rare.
- She tells me things she’s embarrassed about.
- I often see negatives like how she never texts first & how she never initiates the plans, i interpret her being nervous alone with me as not wanting to give me the wrong idea. I also notice how she looks away after a few seconds most times I try to make eye contact. Although I look away too. As a result, I tend to assume she’s not interested and start treating her like a guy friend - teasing her and punching her on the arm when she says something funny etc. Sometimes she jokingly says I’m a terrible person etc.

The ghosting I'm referring to, is the type of person who does it after like a first date, without even explaining anything, like they won't even tell you they don't want a second date, they'll just get on with their life as if nothing happened, simply because they can't be bothered replying and saying anything, potentially leaving their date thinking 'WTF happened'.

I'm not referring to those who ghost because some crazy, psycho is stalking them and they're worried about their safety or those who do it to people, who did it to them, as revenge, in those situations, I see it as perfectly reasonable.

Personally, I probably wouldn't, because if you're dating someone or trying to pursue them and they don't even bother to say something like 'I'm not interested anymore' and instead leave you hanging, without caring about how you may feel, then I honestly think it shows that they're uncaring, I mean just flipping say no, you don't know how the person feels, why leave them hanging like that, especially if you've already been on a first date with them.

In case you haven't seen my previous question, where I asked people what they think about the act, here it is:

What do you think of the act of 'ghosting' when it comes to dating?

Some of the answers I received on that question, inspired me to write this one, which I feel is different enough, so I'm not just totally repeating myself for everything, but like I stated in the previous question, I've never ghosted, nor been ghosted, so I'm not speaking from experience. The definition is also in the other question, in case anyone doesn't know what the term 'ghosting' means.