The person in my life I considered my best, closest friend is on day 10 of just plain ignoring me. I wouldn't be so hurt if they even tried to explain it.
I can understand being busy and not really being able to have a conversation. But I've been baring my soul to them for 10 days straight about the worst time in my life, and not a single reply in all that time, not even a "sorry, maybe later." This person I completely trusted with everything, that I thought completely understood me, that I came to first with everything, even a dumb joke or meme... Just as gone from my life as my classmates in kindergarten in a different state over 20 years ago.
I was so optimistic about cell phones, the Internet, social media. With so many ways to talk to other people, hurt feelings and misunderstandings should be easier to clear up than ever, right? No, people just find new and inventive ways to shun and shame each other. I didn't believe "ghosting" was a real thing, that sounded like some dumbass Here's what the kids are saying! article in a mom magazine at the checkout in the early 2000s, and now it's happening to me left and right. Users on this very forum have provided more comfort, understanding, and listening than any number of people I've considered my real life ride-or-die best friends.
I feel like I'm going insane.