Rejected by desperate guy...

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I think you should continue, do not give up, leave your sincere feelings conquered him. Try my friend!

Thanks again for the continued input and for teaching me about forum etiquette
Regarding the ghosting, he doesn't pretend that I don't exist, he acts as though he is really agitated by my presence. Even if I don't say anything. I can see him stimming and desperately trying to make contact with other people (literally anyone, even strangers walking past) just to avoid me. He doesn't act indifferent, he acts as though he is really pissed off at me. But it could just be anger welling up on the inside, not knowing what to do and then just bursting out... That's how it used to be for me when I was younger and didn't know I had AS yet. I recognise so much of my old behaviours in him that I think I am holding on to him for longer than I should. Makes me really sad... But yeah... I suppose there's nothing I can do! I'd like to be strong and hold on but I think I'm just going to end up butchering myself every time I see him because I doubt he's ever going to change his mind. I don't know what to do. Even if I am quiet and calm or even if I address him to get chit chat going, he acts as though I electrocuted him or something. I feel the pain too you know. My knees go weak when I see him, I get dizzy and everything but I just don't allow myself to act 'rude' anymore I suppose (I used to though). People who've seen it are assuming I am the one who rejected him (because of his behaviour) which I find even more embarrassing. As if I'd ever reject him! So I end up looking like the diva... I guess there's not much to be done about this other than just move on? It's going to take me years because this has hit me very hard... but thanks for the continued input everyone, it's very interesting to hear all your views! x

We are pretty much limited to guesswork on this guys motivations, myself included.

But returning to OPs perspective, the only thing she did was express personal interest.

Getting the cold shoulder might be a common enough response, but anger/resentment is mean spirited.

Personally, I still think it very strange to hit on every woman in sight and fail and then recoil from an attractive positive response. Something in his mental math doesn't add up. At least have lunch or coffee or something.

And it makes no sense to me to put more into a failed investment.

Who knows what the guy's issue, he could be scared or he might just not be interested so who knows. Some guys are really specific with what they want in a partner, they'll probably never meet this person but that's his problem. His loss right?

i might be repeating some things to an extent but maybe he prefers the thrill of flirting and/or thinks he could feel confined in a romantic relationship.
people are all pretty diverse.

Thanks everyone for the continued input. Actually he does go around saying no one will date him and he is quite fragile in his self-confidence although he has a convincing social facade when he is openly flirting. There definitely is an element of fear present though, it's not just disinterest. He really freaks out around me, like he's close to a meltdown. That's why I am so baffled. I really hope he didn't reject me because I didn't handle his fear with enough tact. He's really very fragile. A friend told me it might have been 'too much too soon' for him because we weren't that close and I told him straight up I liked him. From what I've been told by his friends is he's never dated anyone before, he's 25 now... So I might have bombarded him maybe... I know I should move on, but I never want to make the same mistake again. I'm really taken by him. It's going to take me a long long time to get over this and if I handled this poorly because of his fearful state or lack of confidence, I just want to know... My feeling is that in his head he wants someone but he doesn't realise that he will need to go through uncertainty and fear when things get real. I think he keeps flirting away thinking no one will return his interest... He got into a physical fight last week with a guy over openly flirting with his girlfriend... See, it's bordering on the silly... Even if not romantically, I almost feel a sort of responsibility as a friend to help him out of this. It all seems so dysfunctional to me... x

Thanks for all the support everyone I'm happy to hear my story is a little inspiring to some of you
I will not hate him for anything he does, it just hurts me to see that he feels bad around me. If you give someone the cold shoulder like that, you can't be feeling great... I have made the decision in my head to move on, but I bump into him at work and uni and then things get so awkward. He's recently upped his ignorance game even more to the point where he is becoming aggressively ignorant and downright rude to me. I can't address it because he goes out of his way to avoid eye contact and ignores me when I talk to him... it's like I don't exist (in the best case) or that I am a pesky nuisance that he is infuriated by. I just feel like I need to clear the air so we can at least be at peace around our mutual friends! I know he doesn't want something and I gladly accept that now, but I need to do something proactive about this to avoid the blatant weirdness in social situations... It's so bad other people are noticing and starting to ask me questions etc. It's really embarrassing having to explain and I don't want to discuss something so personal with onlookers. Thanks again for all the input guys! xxxx