80% of millennials have been 'ghosted,' survey finds

Along with text message breakups and catfishing, getting “ghosted” is a legitimate worry for today’s young daters. 

In dating lingo, ghosting means to cease communication with a person without a formal “goodbye,” by ignoring someone until they get the hint and stop texting or calling. Similar to a ghost, one minute they’re there and the next…poof, they’re gone.

This form of cowardice is not rare, a survey from dating app PlentyofFish finds.

Of the 800 participants in the U.S. and Canada aged 18-33 who responded, nearly 80% reported being dumped by someone who cut off all communication abruptly without any explanation.  Read more…