Thanks for the replies...I posted this a few days ago so things have happened since then and my post has only just been approved.

Hamster - He came back being quite sweet when I sent another message saying I was going to leave him alone and hoped he would meet someone well balanced soon. We've already been through enough that I can't really be bothered to "hide" who I am anymore. He triggers me constantly and so the way I see it, he either likes me enough to try not to trigger me or he doesn't and it's over. I've been trying to get therapy for some time but I haven't got the money to go private and the government health system isn't up to scratch.

Casurfer - sorry to say but we've already been physical. Happened ages ago and he told me he felt spending time together that way would make us bond far more than going out and making small talk. I got where he was coming from so I tried it for a while but it got to a point where I was feeling like I needed more and he needed to make more effort. I already had the feeling he wanted a relationship from a number of things he said. We haven't seen each other in almost 3 weeks and I invited him to come to the zoo with me a couple of days ago and he wasn't very interested and didn't suggest anything else except constantly hinting that he misses my body and wants to have sex with me...

I don't know...I'm at the stage now where I feel like it's just not going to work out. He's not attentive enough and with having the last 2.5 weeks talking to him only through text mediums it's been frustrating and upsetting for me. I feel upset every day. I have told him a bit more about my illness and yesterday when he just stopped responding during a conversation I told him that it's hurtful and rude to do this. It came out overly critical and he assumed I was saying goodbye and so he said goodbye...things got confused and I explained that I was just trying to express my needs and leave it for him to accept or reject. But he hasn't responded to that and I'm so sick of him just not talking to me. Fine if he's having trouble dealing with it, I never said he had to stick around but he has and he's just not trying at all. I tell him how I feel when I'm ignored and he does the same thing again. I end up in tears and it's so stupid...I have no idea what he's feeling and I can't cope being with someone who just won't tell me what they think or feel.