Dear Someone: Stop making excuses for their absence. Stop justifying their silence.

Read this if you find yourself constantly chasing after someone's attention, desperately waiting for replies to your messages, and wondering why they won't make time for you.

Dear, Dear Someone, _

The phone sits heavy in your hand, a digital window to hope and heartache. Each notification brings a flutter of anticipation, only to sink when it's not from them. Hours turn into days, days into weeks, and still, you wait. Your thumb hovers over the keyboard, crafting another message, searching for the perfect words that might finally make them respond.

Stop.

Take a deep breath and acknowledge a truth that might sting: silence speaks volumes. When someone chooses not to respond, not to reach out, not to maintain the connection, they're communicating clearly - just not with words. Their absence is their answer, their silence their statement.

We often tell ourselves stories to soften this reality. "They must be busy." "Maybe they didn't see my message." "They're probably going through something." While these might occasionally be true, patterns don't lie. When someone consistently shows you that you're not a priority, believe them the first time.