There is a right way and a wrong way of doing things.The silent treatment is wrong on many levels. Too me it shows a real lack of character ,immaturity , and self centeredness.
I have had this done to me , yet I would still be willing to talk things out in a non confrontational manner as I feel its the right way to do things.

the silent treatment is communication....
I'm hurt
I'm angry
I feel hopless
I'm frustrated
I'm not in control of my emotions yet

I agree with this.

I've had it happen to me with someone I used to be pretty close with and talk to all the time. Then out of the blue, I never heard from him again. Still, to this day, I have no clue what I did to deserve that. Instead of talking to me about what happened, I just never heard from him again.

What bothers me more than the silent treatment is when people pretend nothing happened after an argument or a hostile behavior that was more than obvious.

When I’m too hurt or too upset to talk I’ll take off until I feel better, but I won’t not answer to someone who is trying to talk to me, especially if they are trying to address the issue.

If a stranger or someone I don’t know is being obnoxious I will ignore it and consider my behavior to be the best case scenario.

There are also some people who are so extreme and go beyond the silent treatment, that they cut people off just because they have never learned how to problem solve. My dad is one of those people and I hate that about him.

Then there is the response issue on the forums. If someone says something that does not even come close to relating to the subject I addressed I am sometimes beyond words and may not respond because I just don’t understand what they are saying or know what to say. That is however, nothing personal and probably not considered ignoring. I hope.

that is a helpful insight as I have been interpreting it to mean I'm too good for u so I won;t talk to you

It isn't communication. Saying those things that you listed would be communication. However, not saying a word is not helping at all.

I agree .It might be ok at first but not when it drags on. Then it just becomes selfish and coward like.

perhaps she as addressing the feelings of a person who is doing a silent treatment thing

but yes we should only be required to read minds on thursdays and saturdays

My daughter had been going out with a man for over two years, He was even talking about marriage. Then one day out of the blue for no reason that she knew of he just stopped talking. She never found out why. Sometimes you may never know the reason why people do what they do.They just do it cause they can.

me depends on who I am dealing with...
If it's my kid---then it is my duty to figure what's up.
If it's my man---let him have his time to simmer down...it will pass...I don't need to stoke the fire.
If it's some other family member---I do nothing...actually I relish the break of"not talking".
A close friend---ignore it and move on...they'll either get over it or not.
A co-worker...will buy them chocolates or wahatever fancies them...because am with them more then my family or friends
A neighbor...casually ignore them ...then wave and smile a few months later...it will pass...and if it does not do not care..they are only Bonjour only neighbors

but in a general sense it means that they do not care about the friendship or relationship

Well I'm a very vocal person and don't believe in ignoring things. In no way does that solve anything...

I'm just one that takes time to think first then comes back and discusses it...

I just don't believe that one should speak before they take a moment and make sure what they want to say...

I have to be honest and say that I am so guilty of that at times.Sometimes my mouth works faster tham my brain and I end up feeling really bad.

the person is feeling all this...but instead of communicating ...saying something....uses the silent treatment

I learned in Speech Class that you can not not communicate. In other words, you do communicate. The difference is do you communicate well. In Speech Class I was told your body communicates and your verbalization communicates. But they might be communicating different messages. I am really good at sulking when I am angry and not communicating verbally unless provoked to the point of it would have been better not to provoke me. So I believe in giving people their space. A good walk helps to cool me off. Sometimes after a good walk and I have cleared my head I can even see their point.

None of us are mind readers, though. Instead of being silent, they need to say "I'm hurt, we'll talk about it soon" or "I'm angry, I'll talk when I calm down." Ignoring does nothing but get the other person all worked up, too.

Why are you an ar$e??? You just don't know the circumstances is all, but both me and my younger brother were upset over the silent treatment. We talked between ourselves and realized we could do nothing, since that's the way the other two wanted it. I don't feel like elaborating, sorry.

If you are talking about your spouse or someone you have to live with or do live with, the silent treatment is not going to solve anything.

BUT

When you are done with a relationship, you are DONE and no words need to be spoken.

When its over, its over.

I don't know if you call that "the silent treatment" or not. I think what you are talking about is a game being played by pouting.

I don't do that. I just quit. It's over, nothing more to talk about.