Ghosting
Napangiti ako nang biglang umilaw ang cellphone ko ngunit agad ding nawala ang ngiti ko nang makitang ibang tao ang nakalagay sa screen ng cellphone ko.
Binuksan ko ang chat naming dalawa at napabuntong hininga na lamang ako.
March 21, 2019
Charles: Love you. Goodnight, Love <3
Love u too. Goodnight din <3: Ako
(delivered)Gosh! It's been six months na! And hanggang ngayon, hindi pa rin niya naseseen ang message ko.
I met Charles in RPW. It is where you can chat or befriend with anyone using a fake/dummy accounts.
So yun nga, I met him there and sobrang nagclick talaga kami simula pa lang. We both agree in same things. And I definitely fall in love with him dahil sa sobrang sweet niya and gentleman.
We enter a relationship cause we felt a mutual understanding and in the first three months, it worked. Pero habang tumatagal ay pain-active na siya ng pain-active and then one day, hindi niya na lang binuksan ang account niya.
I didn't know his real name. Yeah, I never asked him kasi akala ko di niya ako iiwan.
"Ano yan 'ghosting' ang peg?" pang-aasar ng kaibigan kong si Lei nang ikwento ko sa kanya ang nangyari.
"Anong 'ghosting'?" takang tanong ko.
"Ayyy! Kakababa mo lang bundok, teh?" taas ang kilay na tanong niya at inirapan ko naman siya.
"Ano nga yun?" takang tanong ko.
"It is when someone just leave you hanging. Yung sobrang sweet niyo tapos bigla na lang siya mawawala. Ayun, ghosting tawag dun," paliwanag niya.
So, I've been ghosted nga...
Muli kong tiningnan ang phone ko at halos mapatalon ako nang makita kong nagtytype yung account ni Charles and he's online!
Charles: Hey, I'm the new OP
(OP means Operator)WHAT?! : Ako
WHERE'S THE OLD OP?!Charles: Busy?
Wait. Girlfriend ka ba nung dating op nito?Well, yes. So where is he?: Ako
I need to talk to him. ASAP.Charles: Well, sorry to say, Miss.
May gf na yung dating op nito.I don't know how to react on that kasi ano nga bang laban ng isang gaya ko na gf lang ay sa Virtual World? Well, I guess I've been ghosted.

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