How do you explain this behavior; showing a woman they’re clearly trying to show off to what they can do for them, but it never actually benefiting the woman they’re showing off to, no matter how pathetically obvious the need? What is the psychology behind this?

I mean like some creep clearly trying to prove he’s boyfriend material to someone who’s closer to his ideal by showing what a good boyfriend he is to her, but never actually getting around to actually just asking her out. And not caring how f\*cked up, like truly f\*cked up that it is to the girl he’s dating, and you knowing she can CLEARLY see he’s doing this. And yet he continues. What is the psychology behind this behavior? It’s trying to come off as Mr. Perfect but when you actually examine it and all the damage it did it’s pretty much Mr. Horrifying.