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What to do when a girl ghosts you

I met a girl we exchanged names and numbers. She was respectful and polite

Now she's been silent past few days leaving me on read and responding the next day

What do I do

Reply 1

Original post
by Anonymous
I met a girl we exchanged names and numbers. She was respectful and polite
Now she's been silent past few days leaving me on read and responding the next day
What do I do


In a nice way I think she lost interest or is probably busy with something else

Reply 2

Original post
by Anonymous
In a nice way I think she lost interest or is probably busy with something else


I like her a lot though. I just really feel like sending a message asking her if everything is OK?

Reply 3

She responded but just a thumbs up. I can either leave it or try and strike up a convo over text again

Reply 4

Original post
by Anonymous
She responded but just a thumbs up. I can either leave it or try and strike up a convo over text again


Imo I feel like the more you bother her the more she would want to leave the convo, I think it’s best to talk a few days later honestly rather than dumping everything out now,, goodluck!

Reply 5

This isn’t ghosting, it’s just slow replying. Mind you, it’s not a positive sign and it seems she’s not as enthusiastic as you. Try suggesting meeting up, if you haven’t already, and see what happens. You might well get the just want to be friends message

Reply 6

Original post
by Anonymous
I met a girl we exchanged names and numbers. She was respectful and polite
Now she's been silent past few days leaving me on read and responding the next day
What do I do

Nothing

Reply 7

Original post
by Anonymous
I met a girl we exchanged names and numbers. She was respectful and polite
Now she's been silent past few days leaving me on read and responding the next day
What do I do

When a girl you've been talking to suddenly ghosts you, as the others have said... it's normally because she's lost interest. This is typically due to one of four reasons:-

1) You've said or done something that's put her off you (in this context, an omission. i.e. something she wanted or expected you to do but didn't, is just as bad.)

2) She's heard or found out something about you that's put her off you

3) She was talking to you out of loneliness, boredom, or for an ego boost... now she's got that fix, you are no longer any use or interest to her

4) She was talking to a few other people as well as yourself... and in that time, one of them has shown they're a better catch than the rest, so she's pursuing things with them.

Although this isn't strictly ghosting, per se... I think she's politely trying to tell you that she's not interested... hoping you'll get the hint and leave it (although ultimately, it depends on what she says in her responses). Bottom line was if she was interested, she would be replying to you quicker;at the very least she would have responded with a decent explanation as to why she's slow responding when you asked if she was OK. Unfortunately, when a girl loses interest to you, realistically, there's very little you can to to "win her back". Any effort on your part just makes you look desperate, or worse still... stalker(ish). All you can do now is wait, leave ther ball in her court, and hope she responds at some point. However, from my experience, this is very very unlikely to happen, so I would advise against this and accept that it's over, and consider other people.

Listen to Anon#2... they know what they're talking about.
(edited 1 month ago)

Reply 8

So she always responds just delaying it like she's testing the waters. For the time being I'm not going to message her and see how I feel in a few weeks

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