I don't, personally feel HT is referring to Day 1 ((he's talking about a long term relationship, there.....))

No, if they left, because you aren't willing to be physical, from day 1, then you aren't dating the right guy!

It's OK, to say to a man, hey, let's see where things stand, in x# of dates/days/weeks/months or after we've discussed xyz(maybe there's things you'd like to take the time in getting to know about another person, before going down that path)

Maybe, your future new beau, would love to read a lot of what you've written. You can have an in person and technology based relationship. Modern relationship. Spend time together, and sometimes, some people, really open up more and more in written communication and that can strengthen the time spent together. Knowing someone from the inside out, so there's less mysticism about their in person quirks, et al.

At that point, you'd probably know, whether you wanted that first kiss or not, and it would probably be discussed(written or spoken) ahead of time, no surprises, eh?