How to respond when he stops texting after you suggested meeting

There's a real difference between someone who doesn't text much and someone who stops texting the moment you suggest meeting. The first guy might just be bad at maintaining conversation. The second guy was engaged until the situation became real. That shift is not ambiguous.

Sometimes it's cold feet. Sometimes it's because he was enjoying the attention without wanting anything to happen. Sometimes he's juggling multiple people and only escalates with whoever seems most interested. You need information about which one you're dealing with. Silence doesn't give you that. A deliberate reply does.

Don't act like the meeting suggestion never happened. Don't pretend the silence is normal. Send one short message that acknowledges you both know something changed, but frames it as no big deal. This does two things. It shows you're not thrown by his reaction, and it removes the awkwardness that's now sitting between you.

Then give him room to either respond naturally or stay gone. If he comes back, he's choosing to. If he doesn't, you already know what you're dealing with instead of spending three weeks hoping.

Send your one reset text no sooner than the next day, not while you're still checking your phone. If he doesn't respond within three days, that's your answer. Don't send a follow-up. Don't check his social media to see if he's active. Block him or mute him so you're not tempted to keep looking. You got the information you needed. He chose not to move forward, and that matters.

If he responds after a week or two with a new opener, you can decide then whether you want to engage again. But don't wait around for that. Assume he's gone and plan your week accordingly.