the.com/pending
schrödinger's status: not yes, not no, just an anxious ellipsis with a spinner icon.
means an action or decision that has been submitted but not yet resolved, leaving you stuck in limbo waiting for someone else to move.
from from latin pendere, to hang — literally suspended in mid-air, which is exactly where your friend request has been since 2019.
legal usecases pending trial can hang for years
tech originunix systems used it for unresolved processes
emotional coststudies link limbo states to higher stress than rejection