i love the saying, people treat us the way we ALLOW then to treat us. if you want to make boundaries about how you wish to be treated, i think that is perfectly acceptable. doesn't mean he has to abide by them though. as long as you don't tell him HOW he has to communicate to you, but just what you don't like and will no longer accept.
e.g. my bf likes to text me and i did too. until i got sick of our texting conversations and explained to him i didn't like texting, so told him that from now on i will not be texting him if i need more than 1 word answers, i will simply call. i will also only respond with 1 word answers, so if he wants more than just that, he could call. he still sends text messages with "how is your day?" and i respond with good/busy/productive/bad. he then would call and say, oh you really mean this...sigh. but strong boundaries for me, without telling HIM what he has to do, only what YOU will be doing, is very healthy.