Guy leads girl on, guy rejects girl, and guy starts ignoring girl. Why?

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I told this guy I liked him after 2 months of dating. No sexual contact. No sex. He told me he liked me but he wasn't ready for a relationship since he had other priorities before he wanted to start anything with anyone. So I told him that it was fine and I still wanted to be friends. He said everything was cool too. But then after, he just started ignoring me and my texts. So obviously he wasn't fine with going back to friends...

Why? I usually thought it was girl rejects guy and guy ignores girl or vice versa but I don't understand a guy rejecting a girl and he ignores girl as well.

This happened one month ago, this whole "I like you reveal." I actually texted him yesterday just to see if he would reply, and he did which means he still has my #.

Ugh, I am just confused.
Guy leads girl on, guy rejects girl, and guy starts ignoring girl. Why?
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