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To: nickcarraway

For those who don’t know, “ghosting” means you didn’t get a job after interviewing and the employer didn’t take the time to tell you that. Like millions of people in this country every week.


2 posted on 03/24/2023 3:42:34 PM PDT by fwdude (Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
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To: fwdude

I thought ghosting was - you stop replying to texts and calls for no reason. Basically saying “no” without saying no and leaving the interested-in-dating party hanging.

Guess I’ve been doing it wrong, LOL.


4 posted on 03/24/2023 3:45:49 PM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: fwdude

Thats not what it means in this context. She was dating or went on a date with a guy, and then just “ghosted” him. Disappeared. At least she admits what she did wrong.


5 posted on 03/24/2023 3:47:12 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: fwdude

Yes thanks for that. Sometimes I forget what these current slang terms mean.

I looked up the wiki meaning which has a more generalized version of what you said.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosting_(behavior)


8 posted on 03/24/2023 3:48:30 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: fwdude

The other meaning of “ghosting“ is when a date or a girlfriend or boyfriend breaks the relationship off without explaining what’s going on. That is what she did to him.


9 posted on 03/24/2023 3:48:43 PM PDT by maro (MAGA!)
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To: fwdude

There are several different versions of ‘ghosting,’ which in this case was she simply did not want to see the man socially.

It’s the equivalent of letting all the calls go to the old-fashioned phone recorder and never calling back.

Personally, though I am many decades out of the dating scene - thankfully - I would prefer to be socially ghosted than catfished. Yuck.

It’s truly a weirder world, these days.


10 posted on 03/24/2023 3:49:04 PM PDT by Notthereyet (NotThereYet. )
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To: fwdude

“Ghosting” is ignoring someone.

You don’t do social media much, apparently, and good for you!


12 posted on 03/24/2023 3:49:29 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: fwdude

That “ghosting” sounds more like they dated once or twice and she cut off all contact without explanation.


16 posted on 03/24/2023 3:51:06 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: fwdude

it could also mean, she dint show up for A DATE with him...


23 posted on 03/24/2023 4:06:34 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: fwdude

Actually in this case yu ou are not correct. SHE shoted him six years ago which means that he was interested in dating her, and at some point she simply ignored him without telling him she was not interested or anything. She just disappeared with no explanation.


33 posted on 03/24/2023 4:41:55 PM PDT by gas_dr (Conditions of Socratic debate: Intelligence, Candor, and Good Will )
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To: fwdude

Ghosting is what Initech did to Milton in Office Space to let him know he was fired. Just quit paying him. lol


34 posted on 03/24/2023 4:43:49 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: fwdude

No, ghosting is going on a date then going completely incommunicado-no texts, no calls, no posts on social media.

Being not contacted after an interview is rare to the point of non-existence AND not the definition of “ghosted.”


36 posted on 03/24/2023 5:11:02 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Difference between a cow and the US Capitol 1/6 "riot:" you can only milk a cow 3 times a day)
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