First things first, your bf is younger than you are by a significant amount and that does lead to the both of you not being on the same page. While you're looking for a serious relationship at the age of 30 perhaps leading to marriage, he may not be thinking that at the age of 24. He probably still wants to have fun.
As for communication, it's hard to say given that I don't know your situation in greater detail. But the previous poster is correct: men are just not as good in communicating their feelings as women. This is the way it's going to be the way until the end of time.
Your expectations are not unreasonable, the bigger problem is that your expectations are very different from his. The fact that he's not responding the way you would expect him to when you shared a painful past with him tells you something: He doesn't want to get too serious about these things and that he just wants to have fun for now.
If you wait a little bit more, he may grow up and start thinking these things for himself. If he does not, then there could be trouble.
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First things first, your bf is younger than you are by a significant amount and that does lead to the both of you not being on the same page. While you're looking for a serious relationship at the age of 30 perhaps leading to marriage, he may not be thinking that at the age of 24. He probably still wants to have fun.
As for communication, it's hard to say given that I don't know your situation in greater detail. But the previous poster is correct: men are just not as good in communicating their feelings as women. This is the way it's going to be the way until the end of time.
Your expectations are not unreasonable, the bigger problem is that your expectations are very different from his. The fact that he's not responding the way you would expect him to when you shared a painful past with him tells you something: He doesn't want to get too serious about these things and that he just wants to have fun for now.
If you wait a little bit more, he may grow up and start thinking these things for himself. If he does not, then there could be trouble.