I've always thought ghosting was a terrible thing to do to someone, and now that I've experienced it for the first time I know for sure how fucked up it is.

We went on multiple dates and everything was going great (or was it? that's the type of doubt ghosting puts in your head), we had no issues in person or in text, but more than no issues we seemed to have a lot of chemistry and things in common. Then one day she never texted me back again. I spend a fucking week agonizing over it. Will she text me back? Maybe she's just busy! (Too busy to take 30s from her week to say "Hey, I'm a bit busy and don't feel like texting. I'll let you know when I have time"?) Should I text her again or is it better to wait? I did text her once more - a few days after, when I saw something that I wanted to share with her and thought it was a good opportunity to restart the conversation, give her another chance to reply. She never responded.

I've seen so many excuses for it, and none of them are valid. M