Search Results: he strung me along

Okay so, there was this guy in my class iv known for 3 years or so, I started to crush on him and a few months later he started to mirror me, wait to walk from the car park with me and generally chat more.
Then he started to message me and we would chat for a while and he would keep conversation going. He would open the messaging by asking some question about class then chat about other stuff for a while (sometimes a couple hours, sometimes throughout the whole day). If I said I had to go do something, say study, he would message later and ask how study went. We messaged about travel plans, career plans etc. And I realized we actually have loads more than I thought in common. In the messages he used a lot of emoticons too. In the messages he seemed genuinely interested in talking with me and i felt like we got to be good friends, but it did feel like there was a connection there too.

Anyway then i saw him in person and we didn't talk at all since we were going for an exam, after that it felt like things changed but he still messaged a bit but seemed a more distant?

Then he asked me to come out drinking with him and two of our other college friends so I went. And one of the girls said he messages her a lot too and he was basically like normal with me, nothing to suggest anything at all.

So basically now i am wonder if it was all in my head since i liked him. Or if he might be the type that keeps a few girls interested (though i really dont think he is the type to string anyone along). Or if i just didn't give him a clear idea that i liked him back, are boys really as dense with this stuff as people say they are?

I have no clue when it comes to guys so any help woudl be so appreciated!!!

So there is this dude I work with, and I like him a great deal. Have for some time. And HE actually admitted that he would have already asked me out on a date, but he's older than me, and is having car troubles so can't take me anywhere anyway currently. That made me super happy, but then I started to worry that maybe he was just saying that because he knew it'd make my heart melt and to keep me strung along... I'm pretty transparent when it comes to my emotions. But I don't think he'd do that.

And then, the other day I realized that he called me "Dear". I walked up to him, he smiled and said "Yes Dear?" Even though he knows full well I usually only go back to his area to just see him for a minute. It sounded so natural coming from him. And he seemed completely at ease saying it. And then now he's just kept saying it. He hasn't said my name in days because he just calls me dear now. Does this mean anything do you think? Or am I just reading WAY too into this and stressing myself out over nothing?