Comment on After is a new dating app that tries to tackle ghosting

• hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Closure. People lie in real life too, not just on the internet.

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  • wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I don’t understand why you’d want to see people lie to you. That just seems like a waste of everyone’s time to me.

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    • hitmyspot@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Because when ghosted, some people catastrophise. If it happens a lot they start to worry about what might be wrong with them. Our brains aren’t wired for it.

      So, yes, sometimes a polite lie is better than nothing. Sometimes a polite lie is better than the truth. Its not you, its me.

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    • turtletracks@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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      • wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I don’t see how a polite lie is better no.

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