Being ghosted bloody hurts - has it happened to you?

[RhodaCamel]

I was ghosted 2 years ago by someone I thought was a friend of mine for over 6 years. To this day I have no idea why I was ghosted. The last time we met up, 2 years back, we had a great afternoon together. I txt that evening saying what a nice time I’d had etc and have not heard anything since.
Tbh, I’ve never gotten over it as no explanation was given and that’s the bit which stings the most. I have several friends and have never been ghosted by any of them, we always communicate well. I sent a txt a few weeks ago with a ‘Hey stranger, how are you’ message in the hope they may reply but got nothing back.
I’ve ended up thinking it’s something I’ve said or done but I honestly can not see what it could be. They obviously just don’t want to be friends with me which hurts a bit tbh.
Why do people do it? I would rather have an honest txt as to why they no longer want to be friends than nothing at all.
Has it happened to you and how did you get over it?

I'm so sorry you've been through this. It's really painful and deeply unsettling. It makes you question everything and replay conversations a million times. You did nothing wrong. For whatever reason they wanted out of the friendship but were far too cowardly to tell you.
I was ghosted by someone I used to liftshare with, I considered her a friend (and she is a colleague too). One Friday we were meant to share she didn't show up. I was 6 months pregnant at the time and thought I'd just got my days muddled.i made my own way to work and logged on to Facebook, she had blocked me. I whatsapped her to ask what was wrong and she never replied. I have to see her at least once a day in the staffroom and she blanks me.
It made me feel worthless and I questioned so much. But then I remembered conversations where she told me she had ghosted men she went on dates with (after they paid too) and how rude she was to them. Overtime I have realised that it says more about her and her childish and cowardly way of behaving. She is a teacher of teenagers (like me) and she's clearly not a good role model to them either.
Chin up, this friend was no friend really. Who dumps a friend that way? Not a kind person or someone you really need in your life.

I was ghosted by what I thought was my best friend at work. Started the job on the same day, firm friends - lunch, drinks, lots of laughs.

I moved to a new role in the same company, same building, two sections over. Not a promotion. Still all fine.

Lost a lot of weight, moved to a nicer area with DH & DS. Unfortunately off sick several weeks. Started not replying to messages, not answering calls. Then blocked me on social media and has blanked me ever since. No idea why. That was six years ago. We still work for the same company. At a work's do last year she pointedly saw me and sat somewhere else.

So I thought Fuck It. Your loss.

Spagbol88 it must be so uncomfortable for you to still be around that person but like you say it really is more about them than ourselves or anything we’ve done. I have to keep telling myself that but it does still hurt I can’t deny that.
ShamefulBlanket that’s awful and reminds me that the same thing happened to my parents, they too were really good friends with their neighbours and did lots of favours for them, the neighbours moved and since then (about 3 years ago) not even a Christmas card off them. People can be so harsh.

iklboo that’s horrid. I really can not understand people, it must be especially hard if you still have to see them.

The hardest thing is being ghosted by someone you had been friendly with for a while. Even though still hurtful, I could handle a person dropping me after a few weeks/months but I was friendly with this person for over 6 year’s, feel like I wasted those years on nothing.