Did anyone stop dating/talking to someone they had an interest in because they were not where they wanted to be in life?

Basically if anyone ever felt unworthy of the other persons love that they stopped pursuing them even if the other person never mentioned that as a problem. I know self doubt can take a lot of forms and I’m wondering if career or let’s say not having one is something that would stop a guy from pursuing someone they had an interest in. If so would like to hear stories if you pursued the person later on. And how much later. And If you went completely no contact?

Also would love to know if it wasn’t necessarily career but some other aspects of life that needed work.