Guys are far more comfortable showing interest in a girl online and on dating apps than they are doing it in real life.
A guy worries about rejection a lot and how much it hurts.
It is easier for him to send a like or message to you online and on dating apps, as this is less personal and a rejection from you isn’t anywhere near as hurtful as it would be if he received a rejection from you in real life.
He didn’t have to see you look at him in disdain or hear the words of rejection from your voice as he would have if you had rejected him in a real-life setting.
After all, he had these female friends long before he met you.
Nonetheless, after a while, it started getting to you.
A buildup of moments where you were hanging out with him, only to have it be interrupted with text messages or phone calls from several of his many female friends.