I met this guy while purchasing my new phone (he was selling it to me). We had great conversation and when I was testing the Apple Vision Pro, he told his coworkers to put on the dinosaur visual for me after he learned I love dinosaurs. 

Fast forward to the next day, I find him on instagram and follow him and he follows me back. Three days later I reach out and make a slight flirt, and then we begin texting for about five days. We are having really deep conversations, encouraging each other to make positive changes in our lives and just getting to know each other. On the fifth day I ask for his phone number, and he likes the message I had previously sent and then leaves me on seen for five days. 

On the fifth day of his no communication, he reaches out and explains that he has been having some car troubles and has been having mental struggles and kindly gives me his number. 

We begin texting for another four or so days, and then I ask him if he thought it was weird that I found him on his socials. He said “no,” and then asked why I found him and reached out in the first place. I lie and tell him it’s only because we had a great interaction and have a lot in common. He told me he agreed, and said something along the lines of “But if you didn’t [reach out] then maybe we would have never come across each other again😮.” I agree with his text and then send another text telling the truth that I actually found and reached out to him because I found him attractive and thought we had a vibe when we met. He texts back a super long text that I will insert here explaining that he has a girlfriend and doesn’t want to push me away or be rude. 

My conundrum is he still wants to be friends with me. I don’t have any romantic interest anymore, so being friends is not something I am opposed to but it is very weird. I get a gross feeling thinking about the fact that he was in a relationship this whole time and didn’t say anything about her. Am I overreacting?

AIO? Guy i’ve been texting for three weeks tells me he has a girlfriend.