Hm, I think that be it for men or women, if you've reached out and they are not reciprocating, know your self-worth and move on. Think about it - you are clearly not that important for someone to not even spare you the time of day to reply your message but still bothers to check out your Instagram. We're finding partners here, not hoping to be picked like a job candidate. If you have to keep persisting to finally get noticed, it says all you need to know about how the relationship is like. You'll have to continue trying that hard throughout it all.

We should always be frank with what we want, and I'm all for telling people how you really feel. But there's really no need to push when the signs are so blatant. It just means you're desperate and hanging on when there are definitely more people out there for you.

I've done this before - kept reaching out to this guy, planning dates, making excuses that he might like me but I gave the wrong signs or he was shy. Like OP's considering, I double texted, and only then would he reply. Finally, someone talked some sense into me that this is going to be the same if we ever get together. I stopped reaching out and lo and behold, he never contacted me again.

People who are interested in you will show they are interested. If they are but somehow can't show it properly, then you have to ask yourself if it's really worth investing your time in someone who can't communicate their liking for you.