Why did I get ghosted?

[kai35]

I'm still left wondering if we're looking at a situation where there are two guys here who are really into each other, one who will never initiate and needs more contact before he responds, and another who is stronger and more empowered, who contacted once and will never again. Stumbling into intimacy can be hard.

Since you brought up the topic of initiating conversation, I suppose there's a relevant fact I have yet to mention. I talked to this guy for some time about 3 or 4 years ago on an app, which we both remembered and discussed prior to meeting up. He told me that my political opinions (which were substantially different and more rigid back then) left him with a negative impression, and we gradually lost contact, and that this was why he was hesitant to contact me again. But then after getting to know me this time, he said he had much better vibes.

The psychiatrist in me says that this paints the picture of someone who is very reluctant to let people into his life without the assurance that there will be utter harmony (characteristic of an avoidant introvert). It still does not explain the abrupt cessation of any sort of communication, even to ignore texts as simple as asking how his weekend went.