So I previously posted that the cancer man I've been talking to for four months repeatedly friend zoned me after we had slept together. (We had already formed a friendship before we slept together). For two months we would hook up and then he'd tell me we were just friends. I got tired of this behavior and I backed off. As soon as I backed off, he began contacting me more, posting on my social media, liking all my posts and pictures. We would text daily and hang out weekly. He would do things for me all the time and wanted me to help him around his house. Anytime I seemed like I was in distress he would show he was there. The conversation was at times friendly and then would turn into more than friends quite easily. Last week we hung out one evening and things crossed the friendship line once again. He shut down at one point in the night and locked himself in a room and wouldn't talk to me when things got too close. We talked about it the next day and he said my emotions were bothering him. Suddenly a couple days ago he told me he was going to be off the market and he couldn't hang out with me. I was shocked. When I expressed my frustration that he was leading me on continuously he acted like it wasn't his fault and that he loves me but just wants to be friends. I'm so confused about his behavior. I love him and I can be patient because I really feel like what we have is special and he just doesnt realize it. Why do cancers do intimate things but then immediately pull back when it's too emotional? For personal reasons, I'm not in a hurry to date anyone. Should I continue to be there for him as a friend? I feel like thats the role he wants me to play because he knows how much I care.
