#submarining

Ghosting: Your classic, basic ghosting. This is where it all began. You find yourself texting someone you’re interested in and then next thing you know they disappear. No texts. No calls. Nothing. It’s as if they never were.

Slow Fade: This isn’t your typical ghosting where they drop off the face of the Earth. Less texting, doesn’t initiate, seems uninterested. The person slowly phases themselves out of your life. 

Zombie-ing: Zombie-ing is what it sounds like. After ghosting someone, a person will come back into your life and try to start things up again. They acknowledge their absence and hope to reignite the spark.

Submarining: This is similar to zombie-ing except for one factor. This person will ghost you and then pop back up acting like nothing happened. No admittance for ghosting you.

Haunting: Haunting happens when a person ghosts, but then continues to be active on your social media, liking pictures, or tweets, without actually reaching out to you.

Breadcrumbing: Quite similar to haunting, breadcrumbing is when a person isn’t super interested in you but continues to lead you on. They leave little tiny bits to keep you hanging on. Liking your posts but never really texting you.

Passive ghosting: This type of ghosting doesn’t seem like ghosting at all. The person still texts you, but the response is lacking. You get one-word answers or very vague responses. It seems like they’re not interested and yet they still text back.    

Benching: The person still seems to have an interest in you, but they haven’t really committed. You’re basically on the sidelines watching and waiting for your time to shine.