On 90s sitcoms like Seinfeld the characters would debate whether it was fair to break up with someone by a phone call after 3 dates, or perhaps that person deserved the dignity of a meeting in person.

At some point it became less common to call people, instead just using text, and eventually just ghosting, not responding to their messages or calls at all.

We can even find articles that attempt to justify ghosting, saying that it is somehow kinder than having a difficult conversation.

If we do take the time to have difficult conversations with them, to discuss our feelings, to tell them what we really think even though we’d rather shy away… That lays the groundwork for a fundamentally kinder society.

Read the transcript and find important links on the site:A Beautiful Thought - Something Else: A New Way of Relating: Episode 399

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