Beyond Ghosting

The notion of “ghosting” describes abruptly leaving a relationship with no mention of what motivated the choice to move on. In ghosting, online or in-person communication ends with a sudden and undisclosed departure. I suggest it is at least the natural consequence of living in a death-denying culture.

A death-denying culture pretends that death is not an essential part of life. Hence, it gets only too easy to pretend that the end of a relationship is not part of the life of that relationship. The denial........

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