I love coming on here when dealing with a scrote, to figure out what is actually going on with certain types of men I encounter.
A week ago I went on a 10 day guided group holiday, where someone was really interested in me. Since we got to the airport he wouldn't stop staring at me, and throughout the trip there was a lot of eye contact. He then randomly started to buy me small things during our trip (like souvenirs, local jewellery) . One of my friends noticed that mid-trip he became close to our group, so she asked him why and he said he's interested in me. He joined our activities, and at one point when we were at a mall, he called me to join him at a jewellery boutique to buy me a piece of jewellery. Eventually, on the last night me and him ended up going out to a restaurant, and had a pleasant evening getting to know each other (nothing physical happened as we're both Muslim and I'm celibate).
The trip came to an end last week, and we became long-distance (in the sense that we come from the same ethnicity but don't live in the same country). When it comes to communicating long-distance it is catastrophic. Our conversations are limited to him responding to my story with compliments on my looks. If I ever ask him a question, he ignores my message - I once asked him for photos he took of a particular place (which he ignored, but responded to my story with a heart-eyes emoji), and another time I asked him why he's no longer in the group holiday chat we had, and he left me on seen.
At this point I have unfollowed him and removed him from my following list, as I don't want a surface-level / superficial relationship where the only time we talk is when he wants to compliment me. The reason I'm making this post though is to figure out what on earth is going on. His persistence and pursuit of me during the trip was clear, but his energy has completely shifted since the end of the trip. Thankfully, I haven't double-texted, or asked him for explanations as I have too much self-respect for that - but it does bother me that he disturbed my peace for nothing.
This sounds like a scrote on vacation.
He needed something/someone to occupy his time during the trip. He used you for your energy and attention.
Block and delete on all platforms.