I know ghosting seems to be rife in romantic relationships, but it now seems to be creeping into all aspects of interactions. Is this just people being lazy, or are we so afraid of upsetting people, and it's easier to simply 'not reply' personally I just think it's plain rude.
Im musing because of something that happened last week. I'm into a hobby that can be expensive. It's not uncommon for people to offer help with this, so they can do this activity for a small financial contribution (hope I'm not being too cryptic). I put something on fb and a lady came back to me. We chatted on the phone and we agreed to meet on Friday. She said she'd text me her details and let me know a time as she was in a meeting in the morning. Friday came and went without a text, so did the weekend, so I text her Monday just asking if she was still interested, she read it and didn't reply.
A simply 'sorry it's not convenient, let's give it a miss' would have been fine, but to simply leave me waiting is rude. I'd blocked out Friday afternoon and she knew this, and it was her that contacted me, why not just text me rather than ghost me.
AIBU to think that this rude behaviour is getting common place