Did you know that ghosting is not a phenomena limited to totally ignoring texts from a person you once went on a date with? It is possible to bail on a date, just phantom tf out of there, midway through.
You never get up to the part where you’re getting left on read if you can’t even make it through a couple casual bevs without them going to the bathroom and never coming back.
That may shock you – I mean, the least they could do is come up with a polite excuse, or ask their mates to fake an EXTREMELY IMPORTANT EMERGENCY to get you out of there. But no.
And if you’re someone who does this – why do you gotta be such a butthole?
Once, at the start of a blind date, when the man began to recite to me details from my LinkedIn account, I instructed my boss to call me at exactly 9pm to fake a work emergency so I didn’t have to spend any more time talking to this person. This kind of ghosting felt necessary, but as you’ll see in the vid, it’s totally uncool.
Still, if you too think your time might be better spent hitting up Tinder to find someone who might actually be your forever-love (or at least someone who can keep up with your banter levels until dessert arrives), unlike the person in front of you wearing a fedora, there’s a whole bunch of ways you can quietly, calmly, and with zero confrontation ghost on a date (but ya know, don’t be a butthole about it).
Watch Live Up To The Swipe above for ideas, as Nina Oyama repeatedly and brutally tries to ghost Demi Lardner mid-date. It’s harsh, and a solid example of what not to do.
Do you now feel like you know how to “do love great” thanks to the advice of self-proclaimed goblin Lardner? As a bonus, you now also know that Oyama’s entire body fits into one of those discount store granny bags.
It’s pretty straightforward: people who ghost mid-date are “real jerk-sword[s] with a bad ass brain“. Because ghosting hurts people’s feelings.
Most people are actually okay with being told, kindly, that you don’t think you’re compatible or connecting on the date. Or they get the hint when you fake-out a mate’s sudden breakup emergency. To do the former, it just takes a little courage from you to do the right thing and actually tell them the truth.
In summary, in the words of Lardner herself: “Ghosting’s not cool. Don’t be a butthole.”
