He’s not ignoring you. He’s at war with a mind that never shuts off. Bills, work, pressure, and pride. He carries it all quietly because he was taught that a man must endure in silence.
Men who “fear gold diggers” are usually broke. Women who “fear being used” often have nothing worth taking. People who constantly scream about what they don’t want to be taken for probably don’t bring much to the table in the first place.