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THEHUMAN DIARYThere is a word for what you felt.
Rejection

n.Ending a relationship by simply ceasing to reply.

Online dating vocabularyInternet or community term

The Read Receipt

Day one, she assumed he was busy.

Day two, she assumed he was busy and felt slightly foolish for having assumed it out loud to Nikita, who had made a face.

Day four, she checked whether her messages were sending. They were. The tick was there. The tick had been there since Tuesday.

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