Is This Soft Ghosting,
or Is He Already Gone?

His replies have gotten shorter over three weeks, one word instead of a sentence, hours instead of minutes, and you keep telling yourself he is just busy. A slow fade ends in the same place a hard ghost does. It just takes longer to admit.

Think about the pattern of contact across the last month, rather than the reply that briefly calmed you. Your honest answers help this reflection show what has been fading.