I recently met a guy on a dating site and I felt we clicked. We have similar interests and lifestyles and at first, it was looking positive. He lives about an hour away from me, so we spoke online for a few days and planned to meet when both of our jobs have eased up a bit more. We haven't met in real life yet but I was very happy to organise a meeting soon (until recently.)
The thing is, there is something about him that's really intense and a little clingy. He wants to speak to me every evening for the whole evening. If I don't reply for some reason, he will send a sad message that sometimes guilt trips me a bit. He also messages every day saying 'have you thought about me today?' which is awkward because sometimes I haven't.
The last straw came when I got a really long essay basically moaning that he's seen I've been online and I haven't replied to his message and he knows I'm talking to other people because he's 'not naive'. He wrote loads about investing in me and wanting to feel appreciated so that he gets something back. I haven't actually been talking to other people though, or even online! I have an app on my phone that perhaps keeps me logged in but tbh I'm thinking of deleting the site as OD isn't for me.
I got fed up with this because if he is like this before we've even met, what will he be like further down the line? I refused to give him my phone number which he also got upset about, but I just think he'd be texting constantly.
So I sent a polite message explaining that he seems to need a lot of attention so perhaps it would be better if he dated someone nearer to him who can give him that time.
He wrote back saying he was 'always happy to hear from me' and that he enjoys thinking about me every day because it's 'not hurting anybody' to do that. 
Then he said that he's not going to 'leave me' just because of that, and that I am smart enough to know that things aren't ideal. He said he will move jobs or towns in the future to be nearer to me. He just wants to know that I think he is special too.
On one hand, it is nice that he seems to think so much of me as most men in the past haven't treated me well. However, he seems a little clingy and intense. I am considering deleting my account so he will have no way to contact me but I'm not sure if this is the right thing to do. Half of me thinks that I should go through with meeting him and perhaps it would be a good relationship. But what if he becomes obsessive? He seems a bit of a loner. Never mentions seeing any friends etc. so I am a little worried.
Any thoughts on the situation would be helpful.