Clearly, he's needy, lonely or in rebound (the same thing), socially awkward, inexperienced or a mixture of the above. He's projecting his hopes and dreams in you, whom he decided you were his "dream girl/perfect lady".
As you know we all have faults ourselves.
This happens to loads of women in escorting or in dating. These men don't stick around. As soon as he finds you had some faults/weaknesses, he jumps ship. I agree with TA, they do tend to eat up loads of time.