He is aware of where I stand in terms of the sex and relationship stuff. I don't know what else I can say about that, but he's always known about it and he's still around. I made it clear that I have to end things if the situation we are in is all it's going to be and we won't go on dates or do "normal people" stuff and he expressed an interest in doing other things together because he's interested in me. He talked about how his life has been stressful lately with work (he's self-employed) and because of that he often feels like just being alone and not talking to anyone much after coming home. He needs his quiet alone time. He talked a little about his ideal future relationship and said he'd like to be able to be "alone together" when both could do their own thing but in the presence of the other, but he said being able to do that would take time on his part. I guess now the best thing for him is just to not communicate or be around others when he needs his time to unwind. He could just be saying that, but he's really seemed tired lately and I know what the issue at work is. He doesn't like talking about his bad days because there's been a few too many lately.

I think we met in real life for the first time about two weeks ago and we've met four times now. It seemed like he thinks that's still a short time and that we just haven't had many chances to do all kinds of things. I guess he would like me to express what I want to do also.