Yes I do think you should. Remember it's perfectly natural for there to be false starts. You have to bring your expectations down a little and he has to increase his efforts a little so you both meet in the middle.
Writing your needs would help so that he can process things at his pace.
M-43 W-40 2D - 9 and 5
Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet a new life.