((Almeda))
I can only speak from my own experience. I have been seeing T for a year and a half and it is only now, and I mean JUST now that I feel safe with him. It took a ton of work to get here including a couple of near fatal ruptures.
I do not think you are wrong for wanting what you need. Wanting is never wrong. I hope you can discuss your needs openly with him and see what kind of response you get. I think that getting it all out in the open is the only way. Yeah, that silence is deafening but don't let it stop you from saying out loud what you need.
(((((((((((almeda))))))))))))))
Feel better.