If you are meeting people on dating apps, there is a weird culture of ghosting/soft ghosting. These interactions are so come and go that “breaking off” each manually would be a lot of work, so people just tend to let the conversation fizzle or just stop responding and it’s very much just expected at this point. And, due to the constant connectivity of it, people never stop swiping/interacting, so those few months you were casually seeing someone, they were probably keeping their options open by talking with other people. So the bar to keep someone around is now pretty high because these people are also having constant suitors knocking.

It’s a brave new world with these apps. They’ve entirely changed dating and the interaction/connection of it all. “Drew” is a relatively androgynous name, so I dunno your gender or orientation, but it’s that way across the board. I’ve been seeing someone for…jeez, at this point a couple months. But I still log into the apps most days to swipe, see who likes me, have a conversation, etc. I assume the woman I’m seeing is doing the same because we haven’t established boundaries like that yet. Who knows if we will. But I’ll tell you, even after those boundaries are established, these apps are meant to be addictive, so I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people kept using them in secret. Who knows. Things just work this way now.

But, to more directly answer your question, I second the cognitive behavioral therapy. Always a good suggestion, but probably very helpful in this case.