<human>: Give me the gist of the text in a nutshell

I recently moved to a new city. My new neighbor seemed nice (helped me move boxes, gave me tips about good hiking trails nearby) so we struck up a casual friendship.

Nothing much ever happened; we got lunch a few times, he invited me to grab drinks with him and his friends. It's possible that he was in the early stages of trying to date me, but he never indicated that. If he had, I would have let him know I wasn't interested. It's also entirely possible that he was just being friendly.

After a few weeks it became clear that this was a very one-sided friendship we were developing- he would text me every day, inviting me out with his friends multiple times a week. I'm a bit of a homebody, and find that level of social interaction draining. I thought maybe it would be ok if I just gave him some boundaries, so I told him I would only be available maybe twice a month.

He backed off a little bit, but is still coming on really strong:

>"I'm working this weekend, I won't be able to grab lunch."

>>"Oh come onnn.. you can't be working the whole weekend."

>"I'm not really up for going out tonight, think I'd rather stay home. You guys have fun."

>>"Boring! Who stays home on a Friday night??"

I'm exhausted, and I think it would be best for both of us if I cut contact altogether, but I'm not sure how to go about it. It's socially acceptable (albeit uncomfortable) to reject someone when they offer you a relationship, but how do you reject someone when all they've offered is friendship? I'd like to do this as gently as possible, since we'll still see each other regularly.
<bot>: Gentle way to tell my (very persistent) neighbor that I don't want to be friends, and I'd rather not see him or talk to him anymore?