I don't speak for all men, but i doubt your perception of our texting expectations is totally accurate, for most of us at least. In fact, I've always understood men to traditionally be the initiators for any relationship stuff. But for me and just about every guy I know, texting is mostly a situational thing. If I feel like talking to a girl, I'll text her. Likewise I assume that if she feels like talking to me, she will text me. Everyone's happy, problem solved. It has nothing to do with always awarding the responsibility to one gender or the other. Having an attitude like that makes texting so much more stressful than it has to be.

I am a bit thrown when you say you don't initiate texting, but not because I expect you to do so all the time, I'm thrown because you say it with such finality. Your original post made it sound like you expect the man to always open up the lines of communication, but if you're right about men expecting the same, then you would never send or receive any texts(to/from men).

I may just be attributing my own relationship issues to your words. I'm sorry if that's the case. My girlfriend has a mentality similar to yours in that she wants to talk but feels uncomfortable initiating the conversation, and I just don't think that's fair. Although I guess casual dating works differently than a committed relationship. And if you're being ignored by the person that's a completely different story.

I guess, to tie this into the thread prompt, I love it when a girl isn't afraid to express interest in me. I hate the "chase" or whatever that is expected in the initial courting phase. I'm also pretty shy and the beta-ist of beta males so a girl who is willing to join me outside of our comfort zones, in the form of an occasional text out of the blue or just plainly saying "T-Dog, I am interested in you romantically" is infinitely more desirable to me than one who doesn't make any attempt to meet me halfway.