Search Results: putting a guy on hold

There's an acquaintance (friend of friends) been curious about for a bit, would seem mutual given some of his actions. We've had face-to-face conversations which later led to a bit of chatting via text. There was a bit of sexual commentary but nothing forward enough to be off-putting.

Anyway, a conversation led to some more-by-accident-than-anything flirting. But I'm not much into casual (which, in retrospect, he seemed more into as there was some but not much engagement on relatable subjects) & after a day or two thinking about it got a hold of him & more or less said not 'easy'. As you can imagine that led to conversations waning.

Here's my confusion. He's subsequently apologized for that flirting and for any hard feelings. In proxy experience through friends/relatives (as said not much into casual) guys who are legitimately just womanizers/players shrug their shoulders, tell themselves whatever & move on when told off. Never heard of one apologizing for a perceived insult.