3 meetings in 1 year

I (30F) matched with a guy (30M) on a dating app. We had a great chat but he went silent for a while and I deleted my account for various reasons. I could not stop thinking about our chat, so I googled him and slid into his DM on social media. Thankfully, he was receptive and did not find that cringe.

(Honestly, I wouldn’t have been receptive if a guy I went cold on a dating app slide into my socials DM but I DM-ed him because I was hormonal at that point and was regretting my actions soon. If he went silent, he prolly wasn’t interested in the first place and I shouldn’t have gone extra step to ask him out)

Anyway, he said he’s busy and that we can be friends and see where things go from there. We speak here and there, have met up 3 times in a span of 1 year. I’m an brown woman and he’s a politically conservative white guy. He takes days to reply, does not reply to everything I text, but he keeps saying it was lovely to meet you and hope to meet you soon (three times). He’s giving no indication that he’s interested in me nor is he giving any indication that he wants to stop. He invited me to a work event as his date, later uninvited me. Invited me to hang out with his friend but I did not go as it was very last minute. He says he’s very busy with his work and that meeting me three times is the most dates he’s had in 3 years. As of physical intimacy, we have gone from side hugs to full hugs during greetings and goodbyes. I’m kind of worn out at this point and is totally ok if we don’t talk or meet ever again. My only motivation to keep meeting him is that he’s extremely hot.

Should I keep at it and inevitably be friendzoned or should I stop texting and making plans all together?

PS: I used to go on other dates while talking to this guy. But as a new year resolution am taking a break from dating as I realise I’m a poor judge of character/intent after a series of poor dating decisions last year.