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And if you’d like to avoid getting ghostlit all together, here’s a handy rule of thumb: If an ex who ghosted you wants to attempt to come back into your life, they’d better damn well have a good explanation for their disappearance—ideally one that involves them getting kidnapped and held hostage without access to their phone and spending every tortured hour devastated by the idea that you’d think they ghosted you.

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You get that ‘Hey stranger’ message, maybe coupled with a vague excuse like, ‘Work’s just been crazy.’ But if you respond by asking about their disappearing act, they deny it ever happened. Sound familiar? Congratulations, you’ve been ghostlit.

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