When you leave a relationship, your top priority is not etiquette.It’s not closure.It’s not being polite.And it’s certainly not obeying the so-called
When you leave a relationship, your top priority is not etiquette.
It’s not closure.
It’s not being polite.
And it’s certainly not obeying the so-called laws of “ghosting.”
Something made you decide that you no longer want to be in that relationship.
Honor that voice.
Not the voice of “proper” behavior.
Not the one that tells you to explain, to soften the exit, to meet one last time.
Too many people agreed to that “final talk,” opened the door for “one last goodbye”—
and were never seen alive again.
You don’t owe anyone a performance.
You don’t owe your former dating partner a script, a hug, or a farewell tour.
You do owe yourself peace.
You do owe yourself safety.
You can NEVER predict how someone will receive what you are telling them.
There is only one you.
And you only get one life.
On that note….Let me just say. The classic and phenomenal film Fatal Attraction terrified so many of us so bad that the word “ghosting” would never had stood a snowball’s chance in hell of making it mainstream. I’m including two clips. Now granted, this relationship is an affair and Glenn Close (standing ovation for this performance) was not well.
That said, we know that some people who seem well do not process rejection in reasonable and healthy ways. Number one safety rule.
Famous Line: “I’m Not Gonna Be Ignored” Glenn Close!
