Frankly, I was playing it cool... I did not want to appear overeager OR too into him.
If you're NEXTed for being genuine, at least you know you two were not a good match. If you're NEXTed for playing a role, you never know what might have happened if you were genuine, and besides the mask will eventually fall off and they'll NEXT you then if they don't like the genuine you. If there's an issue you're trying to hide behind a mask, work on the issue, not the mask. You have some amazing in you. No masks.