u/Legitimate-Bet5596

Recently I met a guy and started having feelings for him (I haven’t liked anyone for over 2 years). He slid into my DMs and we went on 3 amazing dates over the course of 2 weeks. Then suddenly he didn’t message / reply to me consistently for a week, which made me anxious as I started liking him. However then he sent me a few messages saying he missed me and I said I felt the same way. We organised to meet up after we both (separately) had a night out with our friends. On the last date, he was pretty distant, tired and on his phone constantly. He didn’t seem as interested as before, but he mentioned quite a few times that he missed me and that work had been “crazy”. He was still pretty affectionate and was still holding my hand etc. Later that day I sent him a few texts saying I liked him and wanted to check in with where he saw this going. He never replied to these texts lmao and it’s been 2 days. How hard is it to just say “oh I don’t feel the same, sorry?” Does anyone have insight as to why people disappear like this?