Have you ever chatted with someone online and everything seemed to be going well, until one day, you realise that they have not been replying to you?
Then, the conversation dies and you never hear from them again. Congratulations, you have just been ghosted.
However, you are not the only one going through this.
Survey Shows 3 in 5 S’porean Singles Have Ghosted or Being Ghosted by Others Before
A study conducted by Bumble shows that three in five Singaporean singles have been ghosted or ghosted someone before.
Which team are you on?
In case you do not know, Bumble works differently from other dating apps as women are the ones who make the first move. Guys, if you are unsure of how to start a good conversation, leave it to the ladies to show you.
1,001 Gen Z and millennials in Singapore took part in the survey from 5 August 2022 to 16 August 2022. Among the respondents, 57 per cent of them have ghosted someone.
Reasons For Ghosting People
If you have ever wondered what you have done wrong, it is not always your fault.
56 per cent of the respondents said that they ghosted someone because they did not feel a connection. 43 per cent did so because they were busy and 37 per cent wanted to avoid the awkward conversation of closing off the relationship.
Wait, is there even a relationship in the first place? Or should I say, situationship?
Women are more likely to ghost someone if their date did or said something that turned them off, or simply said, their dates have red flags.
61 per cent of the respondents have been ghosted before and those who did became discouraged, less confident, and more wary. Men are more likely to feel less confident in their approach to dating.
The Difference in the Way Generations View Ghosting
When it comes to ghosting, 69 per cent of Gen Zs feels that it is inappropriate.
60 per cent of the millennials who took the survey are more likely to ghost someone due to a lack of connection and 38 per cent of them feel that ghosting is a normal phenomenon.
Bumble’s Asia-Pacific communications director, Ms Lucille McCart, said in a press release, “At Bumble, we are firmly against ghosting, and believe that it is always better to have open and honest conversations if you’d like to end a relationship, or even just a correspondence.
“If you have ever been ghosted and it has made you feel disheartened, move forward with the knowledge that they aren’t the right match for you.”
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