He sends me these three-minute flirty voice notes every single night, but the second I say 'let's grab ice cream in town', he completely ghosts the message. All summer break long! I am this close to screenshotting his mixed signals and posting them in our class group chat to expose him. Why act like you're obsessed if you run away the moment it gets real?

Deep breath and put the phone down: public drama feels amazing in your head for exactly four minutes, but in reality, it just makes you look like the messy one while he plays the innocent victim. What’s happening here is classic benchwarming. He loves the free ego boost of having a cute classmate hanging on his every word, but actually leaving his couch requires effort he's too lazy to give. You’re his personal free podcast, not his crush. The real power move isn’t a fiery callout, it’s starving him of an audience. Next time he drops a breathless late-night voice memo, don’t listen for hours. Then send back a two-word text: 'Too long.' Or just leave him on delivered for three days. When he asks what's up, keep it ice-cold: 'I prefer talking to people who actually show up in real life.' That cuts way deeper than any group-chat screenshot ever could.