The question is straight forward. I have been seeing a guy for a short while, recently he had a lot of family problems (I know this is true). I didn't want to push but I asked him what was going on in our relationship. He answered that he didn't know if he was ready for a relationship, he wanted to take things slow and not end it. I told him I would be patient. Now I am begining to think that I am just being dragged around. Any thoughts?
Maybe just pull back a little, and see if he comes around. If he really likes you, he'll probably come to you to see if he is still in your good favor.
Be there but not all the time. Just like he is not ready to be serious, pretend you are not either. Go out with your friends, do other things, call him sometimes, message him sometimes, but about 40% of the time, make yourself busy and unavailable to him. That way he will appreciate you more when you do have time for him and realize that he wants you to be available 100% of the time because that 40% of time without you is shit.