Is it a bad idea to have a relationship with someone who ghosted me in the past?

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There's a guy I talked to on and off for a really long time. We were friends as kids but nothing ever came of it, just talking. Something would always get in the way and we'd stop, back then it wasn't just him.
Well from January-May, we would talk every day, flirty stuff, like him wishing we could've been together and that he regrets not taking a shot when he had a chance, because I live in a different state now. I really thought things were heading toward a relationship. He would leave me on read sometimes and if I texted him again, he would say he was waiting for me to but I'd tell him he should've just texted me if he was the last to reply. He would say he wanted to know I actually wanted to talk to him which I understand and I always had a feeling that was why, but I thought it was dumb.
Anyway, he hasn't texted me in about a month now, he left me on read and I'm not starting another conversation when I've told him so many times I think it's dumb and he should reply or else I won't. So for the past month I didn't know if he was waiting for me or just didn't want to talk.
He found out I'm moving back in a few weeks and now messaged me again and is talking about actually being in a relationship when I get back or trying to. He says he was waiting for me and the more time went by he didn't think I wanted to talk but I really did, I felt the same though because he stopped talking to me! He said that now I'll be there and it will be easier to have a connection instead of text/phone call which I feel the same way but how do I know he won't ghost me again before I move back and he'll get my hopes up? I don't want to lose him, I've liked him since I was a kid but I'm too old now to be playing these games with someone who doesn't seem to know for sure what they want.
Is it a bad idea to have a relationship with someone who ghosted me in the past?
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