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Originally Posted by rdgrad15
Yep exactly, I never understood why people take the initiative to give you their number only to get annoyed if you contact them. Once years ago, an acquaintance I got along with well gave me their number and I actually waited quite some time before initiating contact and just suggested we meet up if they felt like it. Their response was we're not friends, I just said I know that and was just suggesting something and saying hi. Also I've heard those lame excuses too, the only one that could actually happen is contacts being erased when getting a new phone since it's happened to me and even that is rare but other than that all those excuses are BS. People can be weird and I agree the pandemic made matters worse, I've noticed there's even less people online and the ones that are online seem to be more cold and unforgiving.
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Now after all the bs I’ve gotten, if anyone gives me their number but get weirded out if I call, I’ll ask why give it to me. See what response I get, though don’t expect a reasonable one.
Yeah I know contacts can get erased on a phone but I forgot got to say this person had my email and a laptop. So she could’ve sent me an email that way or from her college’s computer, IF she really wanted to stay in contact.
Or contact the organization she used to volunteer with to get my email or phone number. That’s how I contacted her when she stopped texting. I got a couple of emails then she ghosted me.[emoji19]
There was one time when she said her contacts got erased BUT she asked for my number again while we went for a walk. But when it happened "again", she didn't try to reach me again, so I knew it was bs. Unfortunately that was in hindsight, as I did try the email thing since she SEEMED sincere because of the first time her contacts got "erased". (May or may not be true in her case)
I thought Covid would make us more human not less. Instead people got even weirder or meaner. I’ve seen it online and in real life. People I used to talk with all the time online suddenly stopped interacting with me. No more thanks or likes. No hugs. No explanation. I’m not on their block list but might as well be.
I do think the pandemic has messed with people’s brains somehow. Being in fight or flight mode this long is probably something we’re not made for.[emoji20]
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