Sure there is value in being patient. Boundaries let other people know how you expect to be treated and the consequences if they are broken. You have a choice in how you handle this.
I thought he was going to have no contact while he "thought" thru his decsion? Put the shoe on the other foot and switch roles, what would cause you to take notice?
M22,H45,W45 S21/18D12 Retain faith that you will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties and at the same time confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.