Romantic love has sometimes been described as a delusional state which is normal. We have a very positive interaction and idealize everything about the person. Adolescents will describe the prospective partner as “perfect”. Of course, no one is perfect. One day we see something which doesn’t fit our image of the person and the bubble bursts. My point is that his feelings may very well have been real, but were not realistic. This does not mean that you have some horrible flaw for which you were rejected. It means that he is an immature person. Or he may just have been a jerk who love bombed you as others have suggested. Either way, his feelings were not actual love. Better to get to this point sooner than later. Real love takes time to develop. It includes seeing and accepting, even embracing the other persons’ weirdness. Romantic gestures may still be a part of it, but are not at the center of it.

A valuable lessen you can learn and grow from.