21 Apr 2020, 11:03 am
Whale_Tuune wrote:
Curving is when you are trying to talk to your s/o and they reply in non-committal and disinterested ways, as an attempt to "let you down gently" ig.
For example, last year I was seeing someone whose "car broke down" and then he went to another country. Then I went home for the summer. He was increasingly more and more distant and formal, but when I asked him about it, he was like, "I'm just stressed" "I don't have time" etc. I didn't want to press him further, but eventually (as in after several months of this...) I just told him that if he wanted to end it he should just do so.
There's also "soft ghosting" where instead of replying they just "like" everything you say... Ugh. It is just not good practice.
For example, last year I was seeing someone whose "car broke down" and then he went to another country. Then I went home for the summer. He was increasingly more and more distant and formal, but when I asked him about it, he was like, "I'm just stressed" "I don't have time" etc. I didn't want to press him further, but eventually (as in after several months of this...) I just told him that if he wanted to end it he should just do so.
There's also "soft ghosting" where instead of replying they just "like" everything you say... Ugh. It is just not good practice.
Curving sounds almost like Grey Rock.
I wish people wouldn't be in relationships if they don't know how to communicate.
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21 Apr 2020, 11:41 am
Whale_Tuune wrote:
Curving is when you are trying to talk to your s/o and they reply in non-committal and disinterested ways, as an attempt to "let you down gently" ig.
For example, last year I was seeing someone whose "car broke down" and then he went to another country. Then I went home for the summer. He was increasingly more and more distant and formal, but when I asked him about it, he was like, "I'm just stressed" "I don't have time" etc. I didn't want to press him further, but eventually (as in after several months of this...) I just told him that if he wanted to end it he should just do so.
There's also "soft ghosting" where instead of replying they just "like" everything you say... Ugh. It is just not good practice.
For example, last year I was seeing someone whose "car broke down" and then he went to another country. Then I went home for the summer. He was increasingly more and more distant and formal, but when I asked him about it, he was like, "I'm just stressed" "I don't have time" etc. I didn't want to press him further, but eventually (as in after several months of this...) I just told him that if he wanted to end it he should just do so.
There's also "soft ghosting" where instead of replying they just "like" everything you say... Ugh. It is just not good practice.
I did that to my ex who moved to another country; she was texting/calling me everyday as if nothing happened.
But I was honest about it; I was like “You know we probably won’t meet again - what you are doing will hurt both of us”. She said she knows that and will try to lessen the constant contact; which she did.
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21 Apr 2020, 12:23 pm
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21 Apr 2020, 3:45 pm
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