Would you wait for a guy to be ready to be in a relationship?

Rosastitch04
I had been seeing a guy I worked with for about 9 months. He started being distant for the past few months and when I asked was everything okay, if you’ve changed your mind it’s fine and he'd tell me he really liked me etc.

I finally asked him if he would ever want to be in a relationship with me and he said he was weird and lots of reasons along the lines of he's not good enough for me. I obviously disagreed but understood it wasn’t going to happen. I was devastated but knew I’d eventually come to terms with it. Then as the conversation was wrapping up he said he’d do it right when he got himself sorted and that he knew it was a lot to ask.

It’s really messed with my head. I text him about two weeks later (no contact since the big conversation) if he meant it he said yes but that was it. I texted again and he ignored me. What the hell do I do? Do I wait or do it just move on? Is it immature to text him again and say it wasn’t fair to say that to me, you’ll never want to be with me and that’s fine hope we can be friends. Or am I just looking desperate?

He is a shy fella and I don’t think his last relationship ended well and he wasn’t using me for sex.

Any advice welcomed.
Would you wait for a guy to be ready to be in a relationship?
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