Sex & Relationships
20 Witty Responses To Ghosting That’ll Haunt Them Forever
"I ask for your birth chart one time."
It takes a specific kind of person to ghost someone in the middle of a global pandemic — but rest assured, they exist. When a date's playing it hot and cold or you haven't heard from your crush in weeks, these witty responses to ghosting will help you clear the air and your mind.
While quarantine may not stop people from ghosting, time inside has given daters a chance to stop getting caught in texting games and shoddy communication. According to a 2020 Hinge survey, more than half of Hinge users said they’ve stopped chasing after people who aren’t interested in them since March. In other words, when they get the sense that their date is about to ghost, they lose their number and cue up, "thank u, next."
For Susan Winter, relationship expert and bestselling author, gracefully leaving a ghoster is the quickest and easiest way out. "It's your ego that wants to lash out," Winter tells Bustle. "Accept the facts for what they are, and be grateful you're not being strung along or played."
The lack of social gatherings doesn't have to mean a lack of social graces. Here are 20 funny (but fierce) ways to respond to a ghoster.
It's best part of the whole movie.
What's your sign? More like give me a sign that you're still alive.
The scariest stories are true.
If corporate email language won't do it, nothing will.
Or try speaking like a yoga teacher.
More like, How I Met That Jerk I Quickly Forgot About.
Hello darkness, my old friend.
This just in: Bad communication skills are not trending this season!
I will need it back.
I'm so sorry I expected you to acknowledge my existence after hanging out?
Why not both?
It's, like, reverse psychlogy.
Real may recognize real, but real also recognizes thoughtless losers that don't deserve your time.
But you've lost me.
Don Draper? Chuck Bass? Shane from The L Word? IDK, pick your favorite fictional player.
If this doesn't get a response, it's sure to get a laugh.
If Melissa McCarthy is in it, I'm in.
When they play it cool, play it ice cold.
Listen, maybe your crush really did lose their phone. Maybe their roommate was sick. Maybe they had a giant project at work and lost contact with all their friends and loved ones. If you're really feeling them, you can give them one last chance to make up for their communication lag.
And if they don't reply to this, you can walk the walk away.
Sources:
Susan Winter, relationship expert, and bestselling author