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I'm 27 and a Christian and basically grew up in my church. I love it. Last year, I met a guy named Isaac. He's a year younger than I am. For the past year we would say hi to each other but would be too busy to have an actual conversation. Two weeks ago, we actually had our first conversation in person even though we met a year ago. He said he wanted to get together and go eat so he asked me for my number. I gave it to him. I wasn't eager on texting him because I didn't want to get my hopes up. He text me that same day but didn't respond all last week. I saw him yesterday at church but he was just on his phone and he was looking at me and smiling. I thought it was weird because he would get close to me but not say hi, he just kept doing that... Yet he didn't text back ( and I text him once last week after he didn't respond and nothing). After service, he said hi to my brother and THEN said hi to me. He told me he was sorry to not text me because he has two fellowships he leads and two ministries he's a part of. Plus, he got a new job. He did text me more last night and this morning but I'm confused. Why would he ask for my number if he's acting like this?

Is he interested?

Most dating apps are getting very expensive yet they are struggling to provide their users with access to a variety of desirable people.

Right now I've got 1000 likes on Hinge that I can't even see because I'm not willing to shell out $80+ for a stupid dating app. So instead of lowering their prices or even giving out trials once someone say, hits a certain number of likes, these apps just populate their system with bots to make it seem like there are more active users than there really are.

This is because a lot of them are so restrictive on free features that most users CAN'T be very active at all without paying basically for another cellphone line per month.

I know there has to be at least one person I'd really be into in all those likes but I can't see them, which is how they coerce you to shell out your money. At the same time, all the people who sit there and like other users' profiles and never get a response will become more insecure and disillusioned and will give up on the app as well. I think the high restrictions artificially cause people to think they are completely unwanted when it's not true.

I think this is why Tinder, despite being one of the trashiest apps, is one of the most successful. You aren't super restricted if you don't pay but you do get bonus perks if you choose to pay.