I (M23) met this guy M(25) a couple months ago through the apps and during that time, we’ve only seen each other in person for about a week. The reason is bc he had to go back to school out of state the following week.

Before he left, we had a conversation about continuing to keep in touch, which I was initially fine with. In that conversation, we discussed how since we are both college students that we keep things simple and talk to each other without much expectations, again all of which I was okay with. More than that though, I also told them that I personally wouldn’t keep myself unavailable and that I might see other people, which they also seemed fine with.

Fast forward to a week or two after he left and things have been alright between us, our conversation were normal but the main thing I’ve picked up on is how often he would text me things like “I miss u” or “I’m feeling sad”. At first I would respond back and just try to generally comfort him but these texts started to frequent more and more, and by that point, I began engaging less in our texts and outright not responding back. However he would still keep trying to text saying he misses me, sometimes multiples times a day to every other day, all of which I haven’t replied to. It finally came to a head when I finally texted him back saying how it’s evident that he wants something more out of me and that I’m just unable to give him that, to which he seemed receptive to. I thought that was the end of it and that we could part ways amicably, until a couple weeks ago when he texted me out of the blue saying he’s gonna be back in town and asking if we could hang out or go on a date. I turn him down but since then, he’s been texting me every other week once again asking to hang out/go on a date, and just recently, he texted asking if there’s anyway we could see each other again. I feel like I’ve expressed my boundaries with him and have shown a general lack of interest but he still seems persistent in trying to see me again.

So Reddit, AITAH if I keep ghosting this guy? Outside of this, he seemed like a generally nice and emotionally intelligent guy so I’m just confused as to why he can’t take the hint. Not only that but I’m also a bit hesitant on blocking him bc he has pictures of me so i just don’t know what to do. Any advice would be appreciated.