Ghosted Without Goodbye

A friend of mine met a guy online during lockdown. Nothing romantic at first — just

random conversations, memes, late-night talks when everyone was bored and lonely.

They never met in real life, but they talked every day for almost a year.

He knew when she was anxious before exams, she knew when he was pretending everything

was fine. It became normal for them to be the first person the other texted in

the morning. One day, out of nowhere, he stopped replying. No fight.

No explanation. Just silence. Weeks later, she found out through mutuals that he

had started dating someone and decided to “cut off distractions.” She was never told goodbye because,