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5 Signs Someone Isn’t Interested In You Anymore

We’re terrible at realizing when it’s time to move on.

Matt Lillywhite
4 min readNov 27, 2019
Photo by Kyle Broad on Unsplash

For several months, I was in a relationship with someone I hoped to be with for the rest of my life.

We had late-night conversations until the early hours of the morning, incredible memories exploring nature, and talked about growing old and living happily ever after.

But during the middle of a conversation at 11 pm, her responses suddenly became extremely short, and she no longer expressed any emotion within her replies.

What was once a beautiful spark ended up fading away, and I was left heartbroken, unsure why she suddenly lost interested.

So I began studying psychology to understand why this happened and how to prevent it from happening again. In the words of Epictetus:

“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

I’ve realized that although I can’t change the past, I can certainly learn from it to create a better future.

So below are a collection of signs that someone isn’t interested in you anymore. Each one of these insights helped me to recognize when someone is distant, so I can stop becoming attached to the past. I…

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Matt Lillywhite
Matt Lillywhite

Written by Matt Lillywhite

Storyteller and part-time procrastinator. Writing to inspire, entertain, and avoid doing laundry. Substack: https://mattlillywhite.substack.com/subscribe

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