He might be gay.

"What happened to the good old days when men were men?"

What happened? Feminism happened.

Men have been made to feel guilt and shame for being men. They've been emasculated. Wimpy, effeminate hipster dudes are the new men. Enjoy!

Maybe he has an STI like Herpes or Warts or something, there are a lot of people with them now a days. A couple close friends of mine suffer from this, the guy buddy of mine has severe intimacy issues because of it.

Sorry to hear the fella in question is such a spineless boy. I call him a boy, because men do and should take the steps to follow up with a lady or be honest and not waste more of her time.
I'm a man....and in today's world there are very few of us and the majority of the male species make it embarrassing for the rest of us. I grew up in a time when the only way you got to meet a lady was to man up and go talk to her. I blame most of today's introductory and dating hardships on the Internet and vast quantities of social websites.
The good old days are dead and gone except for the few who keep it alive and the old hands that came from traveling those old roads. Sounds to me like your boy has had his chance, I wish you luck but I'd say move on. Us old fashioned men do exsist and you'll know when you find one.
Cheers.

Do you really want to be with someone who sends you "mixed signals"?

He's just trying to be nice about it.
He probably likes you, as a friend.

If you want old fashioned, date someone 40+.

Get your DEFINITION right on what FEMINISM is. Anyone who says "feminism" is the reason men don't ask women out or the reason men feel emasculated really should take a moment to brief themselves on the political movement before making such counterproductive statements.

Thank you to "Hitting the nail on the head". It's so frustrating for us women in today's dating world. Most of us are very attracted to "men" and yet most of the dating pool is saturated with "boys". I really wish that the men out there realized this. I know so many women who are choosing to simply not date anymore due to being so frustrated with the behaviour of most of the men out there. Dear men; we like you being men!!! We liked the days when you took charge, treated us like ladies, and didn't play tons of games. Just because women came into their own freedom and power, doesn't mean that we wanted to become the male role and have you delegated to a more submissive role.

maybe he just likes attention. maybe he already has a girlfriend, maybe he just likes being liked. doesn't mean he doesn't find you attractive, but you aren't his priority.

Ill say this, ask him yourself, trust me, he will realize what he has lost out on once you give up and move on, like I said, trust me.. been there done that.