Gave man number under pressure help

Hello

TL;DR: gave man (37y/o) number on bus because I was uncomfortable but I don't want to go out with him or anything. There's a high chance I'll see him again- any advice?

Basically I got on the bus last night and I asked this guy who was in front of me if he was getting on so I could either queue behind him if he was or go in front if he was just standing there. He responded by saying that I could just go in front and saying something about me being beautiful. I just kind of laughed and said thank you because that's polite but it was a bit weird. Anyway I got on the bus and he got on after me. In hindsight I should have just sat next to someone but I went to the back because there were pairs of seats that were free (I feel like it's bus etiquette not to sit next to someone when there are other pairs of seats available but maybe I'm thinking too much into it hehe). Of course he came along and sat next to me at which point I was a bit uncomfortable (there were other pairs of seats available) as I was just being polite before and I don't want to lead people on. So I just decided to look out of the window. Anyway, he started talking to me about himself and kept mentioning that I was beautiful, how he had always planned to marry a white woman, how he was still making friends as he only got here recently, how much I'd love [country's] men, teaching me to dance like them and other things like that (don't want to go into too much detail just in case) and trying to segue into getting my number. I wasn't having a conversation I should stress but I was trying not to be rude so I would just kind of laugh at some things but I didn't really know what to say. I suppose in hindsight I should have said I had a boyfriend or something but at a couple of points he literally said things like 'I'm sure your boyfriend is a nice man and he won't mind us being friends' etc. Anyway then he outright asked for my number which I gave because I was on the spot and I was just aware he was right there and my Mum was potentially going to call me so he would know I would have a phone. He called immediately to check it would work. That was right before he got off the bus and he mentioned something about would I mind if he gave me a few calls and I just did that sort of laughing non-committal thing again because he was leaving. I know I handled the situation poorly but this hasn't happened to me before! My question is what should I do now? He tried to call me three times last night and sent me a Whatsapp (I don't have my online status/read receipts on there). There's a high chance I'll come across him again as the uni he said he goes to is close to my house and I'm there for various reasons sometimes esp in the summer (I didn't say this) and he works at a shopping centre I'm often at. This was my usual bus from uni. Any advice? Thanks. For context I'm 20.

You can block people on whatsapp, do that for starters. Decline his calls and give him no engagement whatsoever. Imagine telling someone you've just met you've always wanted to marry a white girl and can teach her how to dance like people from your own country...how creepy. If you see him again then ignore him, and if he sits next to you then you get up and stand or sit somewhere else. Or get the bus at a slightly different time. The only friends he's interested in being is friends with benefits. He wants to explode balls deep inside you and then he'll discard you and move onto another girl. You need to be blunt with these creeps and tell them no.

Do you think because of his age it is inappropriate?

Hi everyone, thanks for your replies. I had already blocked him on my phone but I was just unsure whether I ought to send some kind of message saying something like that actually, my imaginary boyfriend is not ok with the situation so I won't be keeping in touch (don't want to be faced with a guy who's harbouring resentment given that I didn't assertively reject in the moment- is it unfair?)! Obviously if he hadn't said anything about where he works or studies I wouldn't be concerned about an outright block. But the consensus here seems to be no engagement so I'll adopt that approach and just avoid if I bump into him again as @Sorcerer of Old advised. I'll take the bus at a different time.

Do you think because of his age it is inappropriate?

I added my age to just demonstrate/explain my poor decision making given my lack of experience in this area. I'm also not sure if I look my age or not but I don't think I look older so I thought that might help contextualise the comments? I just added his age because he told me his age and I felt it maybe explained a bit my inability to clearly communicate my lack of interest ie I was sat next to by a guy who was I'd say significantly older than me (and who I think knew that) and who was very foward and culturally different to me (I don't know if a British guy would immediately start talking about his desire to marry a woman from a particular race and to take her to his country and to events he's arranging here to 'hang out' with men from his country etc). Obviously I know I'm an adult so I'm not saying that this was creepy or whatever because I'm relatively young- that wasn't the suggestion I was trying to make.

Good for you.

But to be fair, the guy probably knows a lot of girls lie about having boyfriends when they don't, so the imaginary boyfriend may not work.

Yes I thought as much. I just understand that cultures are different and maybe he took my behaviour of asking him if he was getting on the bus and thanking him when he called me beautiful was something that he could have taken as me being interested in him, hence why I was hesitant in just blocking/thought that maybe it'd be better to give him a reason why I won't be speaking to him further. I do know it's difficult for men to approach etc. It was just a very uncomfortable and novel situation for me at the time based off what he was saying and how I was sort of stuck at the back of the bus so I didn't feel confident to say I wasn't interested outright (but in an ideal world that's what I would have done as as I said in my first post, I'm not trying to give men false expectations).

I added my age to just demonstrate/explain my poor decision making given my lack of experience in this area. I'm also not sure if I look my age or not but I don't think I look older so I thought that might help contextualise the comments? I just added his age because he told me his age and I felt it maybe explained a bit my inability to clearly communicate my lack of interest ie I was sat next to by a guy who was I'd say significantly older than me (and who I think knew that) and who was very foward and culturally different to me (I don't know if a British guy would immediately start talking about his desire to marry a woman from a particular race and to take her to his country and to events he's arranging here to 'hang out' with men from his country etc). Obviously I know I'm an adult so I'm not saying that this was creepy or whatever because I'm relatively young- that wasn't the suggestion I was trying to make.

OKAY just wondered my advice would be to basically ignore all of his messages the next time you see him just maybe try to ignore him give one word answers if he makes you feel scared or something tell someone else on the bus if you are really scared consider carrying pepper spray or something also the next time someone asks for your number say you don[t give it out to strangers