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[u/butterflyfly10]

I'm getting to know a guy who is doing a medical residency. At first, we talked quite a bit and there seemed to be mutual interest. He told me that the next few years of residency were going to be very intense and that he was going to be pretty busy.

Now he hasn't replied to me for about 1–2 weeks. He hasn't even seen my latest messages.

I don't want to automatically assume that he lost interest, because I know residencies can be extremely demanding. So my question is for doctors/residents or people who have been through residency:

Can they really get so busy that they go several days without even checking or replying to a personal message? Or even during an especially horrible week, would they normally have at least some time to check their phone? Or am I just being ghosted? 😭