This is the same principle when they give you their number (or go as far as dialing it on my phone in front of me so I know it's not fake and she has my number now) and then when I reach out it's the ghost.
Why give it to me in the first place? I can handle rejection. Just say no thanks and we can both KIM.
It's jut the ego trip of "I gave him my number and a glimmer of hope and then ghost. I win!"
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Happened to me this month, and was disappointing, because I sincerely want to go have dinner with this person, at this dope spot, and if I was reading her body language, our interactions, I would say that she did too.
It's not always as intentional, or ego based, as I think it feels like, I think it's more what I would call situational emotionality, how they felt in the moment they made the plan vs the moment they saw the text.
And I try to take it pretty far, in the in person, like I'm going to text you, but do you actually want to go? But, you can only go so far with that, without coming off a bit insecure, but for me, like you said, it's more about why go through a pointless ritual (number exchange) for no reason? Just tell me to fukk off, I won't take it personally. But don't make me text you for no purpose.