We all know about ghosting when it comes to relationships. But it’s not just romantic partners who can disappear from our lives without warning. It can happen with friendships too – and sometimes the fall out can be even more painful. Three women spoke to Mamamia about exactly how it felt to be ghosted by someone they thought was a friend.
“We’d planned to attend the formal together… she never showed up,” Steph.
“My best friend from high school ghosted me as soon as we finished our exams. We’d planned to attend the formal together, but on the day, she never showed up and didn’t respond to my texts. I was mortified.
“A few months earlier, she had told me that she had been diagnosed with leukaemia. She missed a lot of days of school for chemotherapy, but refused to let me keep her company at any of her appointments. Things were a little fishy, but I never questioned it because… who would fake something like that?
“In the end, it turns out she was faking it all in a ploy to try to guilt trip her ex into getting back together with her. So I guess I’m kind of glad she ghosted me!”
“We went from talking pretty much everyday to nothing with absolutely no explanation,” Joanne.
“While at university I became close friends with another girl in my course. We were both doing the same degree, had mutual friends and became close. We lived quite far apart even though we went to the same university so only really saw each other in class or at uni.
“Last year we started hanging out more one-on-one, going to events and going on weekend trips. I even helped her and her family decorate their house for Christmas and we planned a NYE party at her house together.
