Long time lurker, new poster!
I have recently been speaking to a guy that went to my school growing up. Initially through social media, but now we text often and speak on the phone. We knew of each other but had never properly spoken, we both admit to not expecting to get along so well. We are both mid 20's.
It is very early days but I do really enjoy speaking with him because we are able to touch upon all different subjects and I feel we really have depth and substance. Things have heated up and the conversations sometimes get very flirty and we have both admitted to having a strong attraction for one another.
The way he speaks to me, how kind he is, thoughtful, a great listener, very respectful and funny etc, he really seems like the perfect guy.
The thing is, he is kinda shy, and reserved which I do like about him but it also means he hasn't been as forward with wanting to meet up.
He expresses all the time how he cannot wait to see me and how he thinks about it all the time, but makes no real effort to do so.
If I post at all, he will always compliment me, he makes the effort to really make me feel good and I make active efforts to do the same for him. He tells me he sees a bright future for us, together which I have become fond of the idea of having him in my life.
An example, he works not far from my house on certain days during the week and he had mentioned that he was in the area. I was on my way home from work and said I would stop by to say hello. He said he would love that and it would have to be once he has finished, I agreed. I made it clear for him to let me know when I should leave and where to meet him. We spoke through his shift, he told me he finishes at 9pm tonight. I said that's cool for me if it is for him, he assured me it was.
But then nothing was mentioned again, he didn't even come up with an excuse, it just seemed as though it was forgotten about. When I did mention it, he said he had finished a little later than expected, but also that I knew where he was and could have come all along.
This type of situation has happened a few times now but he has a way of reassuring me and then will continue to flirt with me etc, thus the cycle repeats itself. I get the impression from speaking with him that he doesn't have much dating history with women, so I thought that perhaps he was inexperienced. But he definitely knows how to speak to them as I find him very charming so I am not so sure.
From past relationships/ dating experiences, I generally was quite used to the guy always being very proactive, but I have tried to switch the roles and it isn't working? Do I need to be patient? or am I just wasting my time?
Thank you 
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