The more I hear people talk about it who aren’t cis-het men, the more I hear criticism about the concept. But so far, I’ve only heard people say that it’s stupid, that it’s not a thing, that it’s men’s own fault etc. But I’ve yet to understand where that criticism comes from. I don’t want to start a discussion on whether or not it’s real or not. I just want to understand where the critics are coming from.
Yeah it’s a fair criticism, we don’t have much information. “Being more open with” might be code for unloading emotional problems onto which might be a reason to ghost a potential friend. They might have been hit by a bus etc.
But ime ghosting typically happens to men and women when the other person was considering you as a potential sexual partner and has decided not to pursue it further.
With other kinds of relationships they usually fizzle out rather than suddenly disappear.