SHE DIDN’T GHOST — SHE EXPLAINED HER SILENCE

Ghosting has become a sad, accepted norm in modern dating. It's the silent rejection that leaves you questioning everything. Based on informal polls among my friends, our collective "ghosting rate" was astronomical—something like 4 out of every 5 meaningful conversations would eventually end in an unexplained disappearance. So when I was having a

To call her a stranger felt wrong, even though we had never been in the same room. By the time I was shopping for my wedding suit, I had spent more hours talking to Anya than to almost anyone else in my life. I knew her dreams, her fears, and how she took her coffee. I knew the sound of her laugh and the look on her face when she was about to say s