It's emerged in the news this morning that Charlize Threron apparently "ghosted" her way out of her relationship with Sean Penn - that is to say she stopped taking his calls and stopped answering his texts in the hope that he would "get the message". Love can be brutal!
When I was 15, I was going out with a guy called Eoin. I can't actually remember ever meeting him properly but we liked each other briefly, and so we were a couple, coz that's how it worked. Anyway, once day when leaving school, a friend of mine called Aidan walked up to me in front of everyone, chomping on an apple and says discreetly (yeah right) "Eoin says you're dumped". MORTO!
Here's what the Early Breakfast listeners thought of ghosting - and some of the better/worse ways to dump someone...and be dumped!
Paula I once dumped a girl by letter. We lived about 8miles apart and with no mobiles at the time it seemed easier than cycling over, and I think I actually signed off "love Niall" lol. Niall in Tipp
Paula I bet that kid who dumped you at 15 is hating himself know. Let's just say Yes I Would. Jay.
Hey Jay? This one’s for you:
Morning Paula. Ghosting sounds as bad as being dumped by a text message. Any chance of some U2. Maybe lemon for all the light weights who ghosts someone. Thanks from Dave trucking to Cork
Morning Shifty - I was once dumped on holiday in the Canaries. That trip home was horrific!
Hey P, I once finished a relationship with a girl because I was moving to Australia. I was moving alright...for 6 weeks!
@sweetpmac by post it note, or was that on a TV show! Bugger #dreamsvreality
— Wayne O'Fathaigh (@Fattes13) July 6, 2015
Paula I was once dumped by my boyfriend’s mother.
@sweetpmac - sounds like The Gold Metal for passive-aggressive types... no excuse for less than face-to-face..
— Marty Linane JR (@MartyLTweets) July 6, 2015
Husband was working overseas when I got a drunken declaration of love via text...only prob it wasn’t my name. Now my X. I’d sooner b ghosted. K
Hi Paula, I was once dumped by a girl after coming back from a holiday on which she spent most of it showing me which engagement rings she would have liked. I was dumped for a client of hers which she thought was a “better prospect”.
