Dear Ghoster,

While I realize the season of ghosts is upon us, you are a breed all your own and I do hope

this letter finds you doing well. When I did not hear from you, I began to worry that something may have happened to you. Is everything okay? Maybe you dropped your phone, and it broke? Or worse, which I hope did not happen, you were in an accident and are unable to communicate, type, use your fingers to text or call? Or maybe you hit your head and have amnesia. I do hope none of these are the reason for your lack of communication, as I’d like to believe you wouldn’t vanish without a word, or are you no longer interested? And if that is the case, one would think a self-described southern gentleman, one of fortitude and kindness as you described yourself would not simply vanish. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t a southern gentleman show another person the same respect and kindness they themselves were given? Did I imagine you? Did we even meet? If memory serves me correctly, which I’m sure it does as I don’t have amnesia, or early onset Alzheimer’s, but when we went out you genuinely appeared to be enjoying yourself. You were laughing at my jokes, as I’m a funny person, you were engaged in our conversation and were responding accordingly. Of course, you did say you had to Google me to see what kind of a person I am. Well, I can assure you I’m not some serial killer, as I would have been caught by now, and I haven’t left a string of dead bodies scattered throughout the county. If you had Googled me, I’m not sure what you would have found, but you could have simply asked me instead.  I haven’t accomplished much in my short life: I’ve started a theater company, a non-profit organization, I obtained a degree in writing, I wrote a few sort plays, I’ve acted, and I’ve even published my first book. So surely you are not intimidated by someone whose accomplished so little. Maybe that’s it, I’m not successful enough and that’s why you have decided not to reach back out?  Your disappearance is rather puzzling due to the fact that you were the one who approached and asked me out. You even inferred at the end of the date that you wanted to meet again, and yet here we are, me wondering if you’re alive.  While you have decided to remain silent, you have indeed said a lot about yourself, most importantly that you are someone who can’t be trusted and that your word means nothing. It’s said one’s actions speak louder than one’s words, and your actions have said a lot about your character. While I do have several questions, the main one being why you didn’t have the confidence in yourself to continue talking as friends or whatever could have developed. Was ignoring me the easiest way out for you? If so, that’s truly a sad state of being, you came across as a confident person, and yet, you weren’t confident enough to continue the dialogue.  Whatever your reason, or your insecurities may be, I hope you do find the confidence in yourself someday to continue talking to others, as a friend, or otherwise.  But in the meantime, a word of advice if I may, to avoid causing another person to worry about you, maybe you should find out what you want in life, and become the person you said you were, and not the person you think you are.

Sincerely,

Disappointed