The article's definition of ghosting is on point.
Ghosting is a very mean thing to do to someone and I'd say maybe even worse than cheating. When someone cheats, often times it's because the relationship was already in trouble - unless the cheater was always a habitual flirt and cheater to begin with. Cheaters gonna cheat, right?
If someone has a history of ghosting or has ghosted in the past, I'd be cautious about them. This person doesn't know what they want, may have commitment phobia, and will most likely use you to heal whatever relationship trauma and wounds they have before ghosting you. Or worse yet, string you along for years and never commit because now they claim you're the problem.
I think ghosting is more damaging but people will get over it with due time. Just make sure you will not run into one another again or else them feelings will come back and they will kick your azz.
With cheating, you get some sort of a closure. Cheating is the end of the end with an explanation that the other person cheated on you and did you wrong. With ghosting, there is no explanation. The relationship is cut cold turkey which leaves some people in thinking that there is something wrong with them or worse yet, they might hold out on another relationship in thinking that a no closure in the ghosting relationship that the person might return for a happily ever after moment. Waste people time for real.
When I was in MN, I met pa moua. She works at a bank so you know how sophisticated these banker women are. I was vacationing and met her at the club and we hit it off. Me playing the pretend game like usual. You see, when I'm in another state, I played the role of the new guy moving into town. If they know that you are now going to be a local, they will entertain you. If you are a tourist, it will be a fling so many women will not give you the time of day. Well all tourist needs to go home and when I go home, I ghosted her. I have to, why else?
A few years later, back to MN I go and I ran into her again and boy, was she happy to see me. By then, she already has another bf, an older guy as what her facebook says. Yes, I do digging on other people's profile for fun too.
Also found out that when she met me, she was a woman with a child but she never told me about her daughter. Pretty sneaky there eh?
What I'm getting at is that there are plenty of MN and wis hmong women that I "ghosted" and if they see me again, what am I going to say? I'm glad you never asked
I will say that it was not my fault because I got in trouble with the IRS and went to jail for it. I got locked up until now. An IRS criminal is like a Trump vs saying I got locked up for murder. Notice the distinction.
So, if they bite my lines, it is time for round 2, make out, do things and I'll ghost them again because my flight is leaving next week. Men and their lies. I hate myself