Advice on friendship ghosting situation from @washingtonpost

An advice columnist reads a question about being ghosted by a long-time friend and offers advice on how to cope with the situation, emphasizing the pain of ghosting and the importance of communication.

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Transcript

My best friend of sixty years ghosted me, and I don't know why. I reached out multiple times and apologized and was met with silence. I hate ghosting. If we're talking sixty years of friendship and you just don't explain why you're disappearing, it's like death without confirmation of death. It's unbearable, but it is its own kind of closure. This person just did something so unspeakably awful to you. They're willing to have you be tortured. If you are on the ghosting side, make sure you tell pe

Topics: Relationships, Friendship, Psychology

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