Warm texting is good as long as there is no pressure/expectation on it.
I certainly can't speak for any bloke that isn't me but as I've said before the cultural expectation is that guys make all the moves and do all the asking (and its basically not fair but it is what it is) But that means at the blokes pace and comfort levels for progress and that has to balanced against not wanting to seem too keen.
Both mid 30s, 2 young kids BD 7sep14 XW moved on long ago, now living with OM1 D paperwork in progress