i've considered that this was his way of breaking it off (for whatever reason), particularly as someone had sent me an email upon seeing that we were together (the online realm is wonderful that way), that was to give me a bit of "warning" (without much details) about him being a bit flaky and how he just stopped contacting her without reason.

Perhaps this is the same thing, i don't know. What i do know is that it's inconsiderate, at the very least. And i actually have said something to him - one time i wrote a rather lengthy email telling him how i was feeling about certain aspects of our relationship, and aside from a mention in passing while we were chatting online, there was no reply to it.

i'm not trying to whine, i'm just trying to figure things out.