I'm slowly starting to try OLD again as a way to test myself. Anyways OLD led to texting and when we switched over to text, his effort seemed to drop. Like messaging me only two or three times all day, low effort. I noticed the first time I was left on read for a few hours, he got back to me past my bed time responding "I work nights shift and drive a lot so I don't always get to reply". There was no "sorry" or alternative telling me another day or time would be better to talk.

I took this as a massive red flag and figured I should have blocked him then. But I waited to see for sure.

It's Wednesday now and the texts have been consistently down to 3 a day at the most. He doesn't respond for hours. He did mention he sleeps all day because of his schedule and weekends are when he is available, but it sort of felt like a generic thing he has pretyped and sends to several women. I made the effort last text to ask a thoughtful question, and hourssss later he answered but didn't make any attempt to keep the convo going.

I'm at the point where I am ready to block. There is no excuse and I don't like being texted like this at all. Im trying to actually get to know him a little so I can be vetting to see he has bare minimum and if hes not willing to communicate and text/call me then I'm done.

Lvm logic makes no sense to me. Why ask for my number if you don't want to text me? Everyone work scrote brings their phones into the toliet while they're pooping, so it's fair to say if he can't even use that time (and he was THAT busy) that he already doesn't give a shit about me. I get people work and need to rest. I understand long shifts and manual labor. But I also deserve to at least be told something like "im working extra hours this week, but I'll be free this weekend. How about I call you then?"

Its not hard. He is almost THIRTY.

Ladies, where is the line for you how much do you expect to be texted from a working man during the week?