Hi everyone, I have a similar issue and don’t know what to do. People simply disappear from my life, without any apparent reason. I travel a lot, so I never stay long at one place, but I check on everybody, ask how they are, what’s going on in there lifes. I am genuinely interested in them and want to maintain the contact. Often it takes weeks until I get an answer. Last time I asked a very old friend who hadn’t written for a year -in spite of the fact that I lost my partner in a sudden accident and I was alone in abroad in COVID lockdown – and answered my messages with long delays, if he was ok. He said yes, he just doesn’t have anything to say, he works and it’s winter and I travel. nothing to say, nothing to ask about my life either. but it doesn’t mean that we cut ties. I am so confused and shocked because it has been happening for years.even very close friends stopped writing back without any explanation.i was asking them what went wrong, did I say or do something but no answer.i’ve been also experiencing lately that people promise things and don’t follow up on their promises.for me it’s an absolute non respect and I have difficulties to understand why they say something if they cannot do it.so I am just wondering what I am doing wrong, why people cannot connect, why they never ask how I am doing. What can I do? I really appreciate them and for me the physical distance doesn’t mean that I cannot connect with them. It’s so easy with Skype, mail etc. But more tools we have, people seem to communicate less…?? Thanks for your thoughts about it or your advice on how to treat this painful situation.