Grab a pair of scissors, a sheet, and get ready to poke two holes in that mofo, ‘cuz it’s ghosting time. If you aren’t familiar with the horrendous trend of ghosting, it is when a person you have been seeing, hooking up with, or someone who has been leading you on suddenly just vanishes into thin air, like the satanic ghost they are.

I love me some Halloween – I mean, who doesn't want an excuse to double fist Hershey’s and Reese’s. But, I don’t love it enough to see a ghost more than once a year. And lemme just tell you, for not living on a cemetery, I have seen one too many ghosts over the twenty years I have roamed the earth.

Ghosters suck, no doubt about it. But what sucks, even more, is being on the receiving end of their cruel nonsense, aka being the "Ghostee." Nevertheless, I would like to take this opportunity to shoutout those who have ghosted me in the past (I won't use names, chill on me bruh) and thank you from the bottom of my heart for teaching me a few life lessons:

1. You deserve better

If someone you have been involved with (in any way shape or form) doesn't have the courage to tell you to your face that they're no longer interested in you, then to say you deserve better is truly an understatement. Don't even waste your time stressing over what went wrong because the fact of the matter is what was wrong was them. They don't have time to call it quits in person? Then you don't have time for that bullsh*t.

2. Never doubt your self-worth

When you're ghosted, one of the first things you're bound to do is start to question yourself. You will start to wonder "what did I do?" "why am I not good enough?" the list goes on and on. Let met just tell you, you better stop it. STOP IT RIGHT NOW. Like I said, anyone who thinks it's okay to treat another person that way is the one who should be signing up for some personality dialysis. You're amazing, so keep doin' yo thang and let them figure their ish out. Because they need to. Like seriously figure it out dude.

3. Get back out there

Once you've gone through the many post-ghosted stages (confusion, denial, sadness, anger, acceptance) it's time to stop the pity party, remind yourself how much of a boss a** you are, and find someone who deserves you! This ghoster is officially in your past so move on. They suck you rock so let that marinate and put yourself out there again. Maybe you'll even find someone who will tell you they're not interested over text! Baby steps, baby steps.

We all love Halloween, but there's a reason it's celebrated only once a year. Nonetheless get out there, get some candy ––and really, for your sanity–– do your best not to bring back a ghost with you.