What to Do When a Friend Ghosts You

No calls, no texts back, no explanation -- just silence where a friendship used to be. It's tempting to replay every recent conversation looking for your mistake, but often there simply isn't a clean answer to find.

Send one honest, low-drama message asking if something happened, then let it stand as the final word. Treat continued silence as the answer itself -- it tells you where things are, even without closure, and rewriting the friendship's ending in your head over and over only keeps the wound open.