Search Results: why does he want me to reply

27F Earlier last week on Wed, we went out to dinner and talked for 3 hrs. We’ve been in contact via Instagram messages. Friday we talked on the phone to buy tickets & see the Spider-Man movie Saturday. Fri evening I asked if he could stop sending those IG video reels politely, it was a bit overboard. Saturday before the movie, he said good morning and I replied with a wave emoji. He normally would continue the conversation via Instagram but doesn’t message again until he said he was waiting at the theater. I was not as bubbly as I was on Wednesday, I was very quiet (not against him). He was annoying me during the movie, he’s the type to laugh and make noises when something exciting came on. He nudged me during the movie and asked if I was ok because I was quiet and I said yes. At the end I told him thanks, he said you’re welcome and he said drive safe. On Wednesday, we ended with a hug. When I spoke with him Friday, he told me that he talked about me with his friends but Saturday was so off, he sent a message after movie saying that he wasn’t really feeling it from me and it’s not going to work for him. I left his message on seen. He unmatched with me on the dating app and I stopped following him on IG. Bit soon to say but he’s still following me on IG and viewed my stories after saying he didn’t want to talk to me anymore. Hasn’t gotten around to unfollowing me I guess. My social anxiety gets the better of me with these situations I’m cursed. I just don’t get why I can’t find a guy that wants to fight for me

TL; DR: was he just not interested or am I to blame because of my lack of enthusiasm?

Okay. I’m asking this on behalf of me and every lady that has texted a guy and gotten a reply hours or days later.

What should we do in this circumstance? Right now, I just show that I don’t care. I don’t get angry, I don’t ask why they replied so late, none of that stuff. However, I’m stuck between whether I should even reply to him (if he does text back way later).

The problem with not replying is I don’t want it to seem like I was hurt by their late reply. They might think that I left them on read because I was angry with their late texting. However if I continue the conversation completely regular I feel like that makes it seem like I’m used to being treated any old kind of way and that you can treat me however without me recognizing I deserve better.

Should a woman continue conversation like it never even happened or stop replying when a guy texts back late?