It's been another week and things seem to be slowly going back to normal. He isn't really verbally affectionate and that may take time if it's what he desires. He may still have lingering reservations. But he's been greeting me via text on Skype in the morning and then we sit on Skype together in the evenings and play a game or just chat while we do our own thing. I haven't been pushing him to do anything, there hasn't been any arguments or misunderstandings. Again, it's not that I had high standards that he couldn't meet, it was just that he set the bar rather high from the very beginning.

It's almost been a month since our initial argument. I still don't think it was really an argument seeing as there was no bickering, just me getting upset with him over something and then him losing his patience and tolerance for my emotions. I'm still aware he may drop a bomb at any moment... but he has made gestures and said things that show he doesn't consider us over.

I think in the long run we just went too fast, and when he wanted to take a step back and take things slower and more casually he felt like he couldn't because he had the impression that I wouldn't budge and thus began to feel bitter toward me. This paired with his AS may have lead to his initial overreaction.

I just hope he's learned from this experience that all he has to do is be honest and open.