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Is he being genuine?

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There’s a guy i’ve known online briefly on and off for about 4 years, he’s 27 and im 24; he lives near me but we’ve never met. There’s always been some sort of interest between us but nothing has happened as of yet. A couple months ago he got cheated on and the other week he messaged me and he was very full on, saying he wants to take me on a date, complimenting me, inviting me over, wanting to play games, go on holiday, talking about kids etc.. all of which lasted about a week. We made plans to meet for a week in advance but he messaged me a couple days later saying he’s having second thoughts, that he felt himself begin to really like me and got scared cause he’s not ready to get close to someone again. I simply told him to take all the time he needs and that i understand. Since then we’ve had another conversation to which he’s told me he’s in the process of trying to start his own business and prepare for the future, so he doesn’t want to get involved atm. Also, that he knows it’ll be serious and long-term if we were to date and he would want to give me 100%, all of which he claims he can't do at the moment due to his business and the other things going on in his life. He’s specifically stated that when he says he isn’t ready for a relationship, he doesn’t mean a relationship in general, but he means a relationship with me as im assuming he can see a big happy future with me.

To me this sounds genuine.. but the more i think about it the more i can’t help but think he’s said all this to let me down easy; and that he either wanted to see how easy i would be to get in bed, or he’s realised i’m a potential serious relationship, got scared and doesn’t want to run the risk of fucking up a potential future with me now as he claims the timing isn’t right. Do you reckon he’s being genuine or not-any opinions are welcome :)
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