Dating,pursuing,and men???

I'm 36 and i'm ready for a serious relationship. Maybe i have the wrong expectations but for the most part i think i have the needs of an average women.

This is the problem. I met a guy who i knew casually in high school. We've spoke on the telephone a few times and he seems very open and a very likeable guy. We enjoyed our conversations very much and i was really excited to go out with him. Because we both had previous plans we had to postpone out getting together. We spoke yesterday briefly and i suggested that we should have gone to the movies (because his plans had changed and we both were available). It wasn't too late at the time but he didn't seem to interested in that. He asked about coming over to my house and watching a movie and i said ok. He asked if i had a vcr or dvd player and i told him a vcr and that i wasn't up on the latest technology i had only gotten a cd player a few years ago. We decided that he would go and rent a movie on his way over. When he got to my house he had a dvd. I mentioned i didn't have a dvd player and he stated that he thought i said i had one. Well i concluded because i had mentioned getting a cd player he heard i got a dvd player.

People make mistakes but i'm a little irritated because i'm thinking why couldn't he have just rented a movie? Is that asking too much? Is he cheap? The movie he bought was from home! Then i mentioned we could go to the rental store a few minutes away and he said he didn't have a membership there and didn't want to start one. Is he a loser? With all this i just began to feel like i was dating another cheap guy or at least a guy who doesn't feel I’m important enough to put any effort into! I really don't understand? It was his birthday the day before - did he want me to treat him? We are just getting to know each other and i don't want to pursue him, i want him to pursue me? Am i missing something?

I didn’t feel as though it was a good evening. The conversation wasn't as free as it had been. My mind kept wondering what is this guy about and is this just an attempt to get into my pants or at least part way? He mentioned a few times about me giving him a birthday kiss. I felt really attracted to him before he came over and would have liked to give him a small kiss, but his actions changed my mind, he also mentioned several times about how attractive he thought I was. He even said he thought I was smart and intelligent. He didn't make me feel the least bit special but it seemed more like he was only interested in himself. I love to do things for a guy that i like, however i don't want to pursue them and i have been in this situation before so i feel very sensitive to it. AM I OVERREACTING? I then started to ask him lots of questions about his former relationships to see more what he was accustomed too. I'm sure he didn't like that and it seem to make the situation worse. I felt the need to somehow rectify our boring evening and I’m asking myself why should I try and make this better – he didn’t?

Thanks for listening i would love some advice.