Why does he still reply my text?

[invis85]

Thank you for your input, especially Bowyn! I like your 30 day rule...I have similar...more like 5 dates rule.

I must say I am a bit bummed out still. It's pretty hard to make friends. That's why when he said 'ya let's be friends', I was really thinking he would wanna stay in touch as friends.

What I'm asking here is, if he could simply ignore my texts (which would be the most obvious hint for me to stop texting), why would he agree to be friends, but give me some fake reasons to avoid hanging out? Why reply if you don't mean to?