For a lot of these guys, an independent girl is someone that they know would be willing to speak her mind and let them know what she likes and doesn’t.
An independent girl is also someone that will most likely be upfront and honest with them.
In essence, she may be able to convey her opinion on something or her feelings about something without leaving the guy having to do a whole bunch of guess work.
He may get back in contact with you in a few days or weeks.
However, if there has been a wide distance of time since you last heard from him, it would still not be the best news if you were to hear back from him.
When a guy is truly interested in a girl, he will typically communicate with regularity.
This is how he is able to start the process of courting the girl and trying to reassure her that he is being sincere.
He may be worried of allowing himself to come to terms with how he feels for you.
He may be doing things that show that he likes you but is still unsure of his feelings because he is fearful of what the implications would be if he acknowledged them.
He may not want to put himself in that position.
If he were to do so, he may feel that he would be making himself vulnerable.
If this is a guy that you are not in a relationship with, he means that he likes you so much that he would really like to be in a relationship with you.
By using the word, “really,” he is trying to also let you know that he wants you to focus on him and him only.
In other words, he may know that there are other guys that you may be talking to or may be trying to get your attention.
If the both of you aren’t exclusively dating, you will have to understand that first.
He isn’t yours at this time.
If you are trying to figure out a way to stop caring that this guy that you are talking with has a Tinder account, you will have to accept the actual current state of your relationship with him.
He may have meant that he just wants to take some time with you and get to know you better before he makes any definitive decisions on what he thinks you are to him.
In other words, he doesn’t want to make a decision on what he thinks you are to him prematurely.
He would typically do this because he is unsure as well, in his own mind, about what you are to him.
A lot of guys like girls that are independent. 
Yes, they do. 
He may get back in contact with you in a few days or weeks.
He is still interested when he is communicating with you on a regular basis and 
He may be worried of allowing himself to come to terms with how he feels for you.
If this is a guy that you are not in a relationship with, he means that he likes you so much that he would really like to be in 
If the both of you aren’t 
If he has asked you out, then he is clearly interested. 
He may have meant that he just wants to take some time with you and 
If he is into you, he will try to spend time with you and take you out on dates.