I went out with this girl who was very much my type and things were heading in the right direction. Or so Id thought. We went out for 3 dates total, texting here and there and everything really seemed right. I asked her out for a 4th date and she said she wasnt available on this day and asked me for another day which I wasn't available for so I offered another. She hasnt replied and the conversation ended. She is not a great texter from the start and used to leave me on read for 4 days or so. I can tell that she's no longer interested from her texting pattern and I didn't wanna push it further. My only thing is if you're not interested why not let that person know that you dont see this going anywhere instead of leaving things hanging and not being clear about things? It's been 20 days now and this girl is still on my mind cus I kinda liked her but I dont wanna be the clingy type cus I clearly showed my interest with asking her out and planning out dates while she doesn't text consistently. Ngl Im butt hurt and I still dont understand this culture of ghosting. We're adults and supposedly mature people so we should be communicating our feelings directly. If she had told me "hey I dont think we're a good match" I would've moved on a long time ago
Edit: we're both 29 years old