Cancer man confusing me?

Cancer male was so into me messaged me all the time. As soon as I put effort in and message him first he doesn't respond or open my messages. Is this common crab behaviour? is there a reason hes doing this? He has told me he likes me in the past so why when I put effort in he seems to pull away or avoid me?

Ignore him and keep the good vibe, from my experience they'll reach out.

Because this is what he does! 😁 He will reach out, and pull out again and again! He wants you to love him and see reactions! You either did something that bothered him Or he does not have that interest into you anymore! Or he is in a commited relationship and you don’t know about it. In case of last situation, he feels guilty and will distance from yourself! There could be so many reasons behind!

I hate it when the Crab girls do this same shit.

So annoying.

I also wanted to find out about this strange behavior with my cancer woman. She didn't respond to my last message. I thought things were going smoothly until she just stopped responding about 2 days ago. We were close friends 14 years ago. Then she moved to another place and we stopped communicating. She is currently still in another place. She recently reached out to me. I just asked what she is still doing in that place but then never responded to my messages.

I don't have much experience with Cancer except for my family members, I have a couple of them in my life. She is almost on the Gemini-Cancer cusp. She is a quite person and doesn't talk much. She also seems to be shy but she can talk interesting topics. Should I reach out to her first?