Your question was: Initiating communication.

It's good that he communicated his thoughts to you. He explained to you what his needs are in a relationship (thru Match.com) and he wants you to initiate communication with him. While we can get conditioned to respond to certain behavior by being mistreated (and all of us have been mistreated by men at some point in our lives), hopefully this guy is demonstrating that he is not just going to drop you out of nowhere and will discuss what is on his mind first. You would be wise to pay attention to how he is handling this and respond to him...

Wow, a day and a half is not that long! I would say you guys do not need to be stressing out about text messages, in general...

It sounds legit, I wouldn't worry.  Honest, clear communication about needs and concerns is always vital to a new relationship.

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Thanks all. I know a day and a half doesn't seem like long but it was out of the ordinary. I'm glad to hear this is a valid concern, especially after I thought he no longer wanted anything to do with me. Thanks again :-)..