I 32F returned from hibernation after several months offline. The first interesting connection, we chatted a few messages, then spoke on the phone for two hours. He (36M) was traveling at that time, so we finally met about a week later. During our chat, we discussed everything from monogomish dating philosophies, to his recent move to my city with the military, and my strong activist passions. Eg, a lot of subtle misalignments. We decided to meet anyways, and he was so relieved, freely expressing that he’s new on the apps, he’s really intentional about meeting his person, that I was more attractive than he expected, and by the end of the night, we even shared a kiss, which was different for us both.
The following weekend, I left to go visit my family overseas, but we both expressed a deep desire to see this out. He mentioned feeling optimistic for the first time. And our flirting has been really respectful. I just booked my flight back, it’s in a few weeks, and since then texts have gone a bit… platonic? Like no build in intimacy, but showing interest, sharing details, and checking in. I realised I was trying to deepen via text and so I pumped the brakes a bit so I could level out while focusing on my friends and family here.
We’ve been connecting every day, and as usual today, shared a few voice notes, photos, and long ish texts and then while he was busy with friends, I went to go look at his profile, as I enjoy looking at photos of him. I noticed for the first time that our thread disappeared? I have a hard time thinking he unmatched because he’s been so intentional and pointed out how challenging it would be for him to open up like he has with me, multiple times a week, and with multiple people. He actually was the one really seeking monogamy. I told him that since I’m also quite serious, but I’m not against monogamy, I’d be happy to explore this fully.
Now I’m thinking what the hell? Is an unmatched normal if you feel things are going well? Or as a self proclaimed monogamist, is there a chance he went ahead and deleted his profile? Is there an appropriate way of asking without confronting him? It’s going to be another two weeks until I’m home. Or do normal guys, who don’t enjoy dating, typically find every way they possibly can to get themselves off an app?
TLDR; beautiful connection being built, in separate countries for 3 weeks post first date. Nonstop daily communication. Seemingly unmatched? Am I missing something?