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How to be nice but firm about rejection?

TL;DR Background: One of my (20sf) co-workers (30sm) is an extremely socially-awkward guy, still lives with his parents well into adulthood, and to the best of my knowledge doesn’t have a social group or ever been in a relationship (we’ve worked together for several years and I haven’t seen either of these things in all that time). He has a habit of texting people in the office outside of work hours very long messages about how his day has been going, asking about what they’re up to, trying to develop social relationships in this way, etc. and it’s evident that he’s a very lonely guy who doesn’t have the skills to talk to people in person. Other than that, he seems like a goodhearted guy, just very off-putting. 

We’re friendly towards each other but we’ll only say “hi” and “bye”. About a month ago, he hand-delivered a love letter to me confessing his feelings. I read it and replied (also through a letter) that while I admired his courage and appreciated that he was brave enough to tell me, we would just have to keep a professional relationship because I’m not interested. He told me that he understood and would respect my feelings.

He continued to send me lots of text messages (which he does to several other people in the office, so it didn’t bother me) and started bringing things up that I was interested in (he’d overheard me telling other people about these things I’m assuming, because I’ve never spoken to him directly about any of these things) to make conversation in person. Anyways, it was getting out of hand because he was texting me several times a day and I would try to answer in a way that was definitive (“I don’t have a lot of time to talk, sorry!” or “Hey, texting isn’t really how I communicate with people.”) but he wouldn’t stop. I finally had to pull him aside a few weeks ago and tell him that he needs to cut it back on the texting. He admitted that he still had feelings for me and that he just wanted to see if we could be friends and that maybe I’d like him down the road enough to date him. I told him that I’ve made it clear I’m not interested and again, I appreciate the honesty but this does not make me want to be friends with him and we should keep a solely professional relationship at work.

He stopped talking to me almost completely aside from saying ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ again and I thought everything had resolved. However, he then asked me over text if he could sit with me at lunch. I told him I typically don’t eat lunch in the office dining area and he said that was fine, but if he saw me eating somewhere, could he sit with me? I just said if we end up sitting in the same area, then we end up sitting in the same area. So that very day, I’m outside walking back into the building with my lunch and apparently, he’d seen me go outside and followed me out to eat lunch with me in the outside eating area because he thought that’s where I was going(?) I rolled my window down and politely told him that I was just going to eat in my car alone and he nodded and then walked back inside, looking extremely disappointed.
After that he emailed me apologizing for that and saying that he really wanted to be friends with me. I told him that we’re just going to have to keep a professional relationship. I also went to my boss and told him what was going on, and he spoke to him and told him to back off. 

Then he wrote me another letter and I’m at my wit’s end. It’s another apology for any misunderstanding -  that he’s not trying to date me right now, but that he really wants to build a friendship and that he hopes that sometime down the line I could be interested in him. I haven’t answered it. I could file a formal complaint, but this guy is so childlike and innocent and clueless, that I feel it would be kicking him while he’s already down. At the same time, I would feel obligated to be friends with him and to socialize outside of work at this point and don’t want to do it, so I won’t. It’s just finding that middle ground between being too nice and being too mean that I’m having a hard time with. Maybe the answer is obvious, and sorry for the long fuckin post but any advice would be appreciated.The devastating March 2011 Tsunami and Great East Japan earthquake led to a massive loss of lives, destroying many homes, schools and livelihoods in the Tohoku region of Japan. OECD Secretary General, Angel Gurria, visited Japan shortly after the disaster to express the OECD’s commitment to supporting Japan’s recovery and reconstruction efforts.
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We would like to pass on our special thanks to the parents who helped with our club helper duties at High Jump on the weekend, your assistance throughout the day was greatly appreciated by Athletics Victoria and the AV officials.
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