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Or do you know such cases where someone would try to forget about someone they like just because he doesn’t fit a certain ideal. I always believed this only happened in high school but I recently heard of it in my circle of friends where a guy would not pursue a girl because she is not „popular“ enough even though everyone knew he had a thing for her. Why do adults (I’m talking 25+) still act so childish and refuse to pursue someone they are into?

Noticed a guy checking me out several times and dared to smile at him once from afar. From then on he seemed to develop a little crush on me but never tried to pursue me. Now years later I see him crushing on other female strangers but for them he tries to flex his possessions and try out new clothing styles and in general just to look his best (he doesn’t approach them though). Why didn’t he try for me? Is he embarrassed to like me? Does he consider me low hanging fruit?

I recently texted a bit with him and he at first acted like he didn’t know who I was (doubtful). Until I confessed my crush to him he was really friendly and responding immediately. After that he was acting quite arrogant and he denied he ever had any interest in me and was even slightly rude about it.