Hello! I (28f) have autism and, as such have limited dating experience. I have been very afraid to date in the past because I struggle to understand cues/what is normal/expected and that caused a lot of anxiety.
I met someone (27M) recently at a soccer game and we ended up chatting and having a nice day and he bought me lunch. When he next came into the city we had dinner. The next time we got together we planned to have sex but we both caught colds so just got tea instead (darn). I travelled to another city I work in so we planned to get together when I am back in about a month.
So now my issue: He doesn't text a lot. When I said I would be back at the end of may he said "awesome" and that tends to be his texting. I'm not good at "coming up" with things to say and we haven't spoken since Saturday afternoon.
I have a therapist who helps me but she recently had a baby and this is a new circumstance for me. She spoke about "equal energy" so that I am not putting in a lot of work for an uninterested person but I'm not sure what is a normal amount of energy. I reached out to ask how his game went and then to say when I would be back. He responded right away all the times ("it was good", "you look nice" to an Instagram post", and "awesome" to me coming back in May) But hasn't sent me a picture in about a week.
Am I putting in an inappropriate amount of energy or is this regular texting times?