What does "i just want to be friends at the moment…" mean?

[Strawberrychick]

We start this thing, text a lot, meet a lot, then kiss. After he started taking of my clothes, I stopped it, said I do not only want sex and then goodbye, I`ve done that enough. he then tells me a day later "I think this is good… us… but let`s take it slowly.." after another week of texting, seeing us he says "i think I just want to be friends at the moment…" what does this mean exactly? does he want more another time? like in a year or so? or does this mean "sorry not my type" ?

[onemoreplease]

It means exactly what it says: He just wants to be friends at the moment.
It sounds like you're getting caught up in the "at the moment" part. And that's understandable. But really, no one knows (except him) what he's thinking or what he will want in the future. You're just gonna drive yourself crazy trying to dissect the underlying meaning, and you still won't find any answers.
The way I see it, you have 2 options: 1) ask him what he meant when he said that, and ask him how he feels about you and if he will want something more in the future. Or, 2) take it at face value that he wants to be friends and decide what that means for YOU. Will you be okay with just talking/texting/seeing him "just as friends"? If not, maybe it just isn't meant to be and you can go about finding someone who wants the same things you do.

[MissDelight]

It basically just means that currently, he is not interested in you romantically and has no desire to explore you on a romantic and/or sexual level. Or it could just mean that he's had enough of relationships and dating therefore he just wants to take a break and see what else life has to offer.

[ChiaChinchilla]

I think this means "I think you're attractive and I want you around, but you respect yourself a little too much for me to take advantage of you and just have a 1 night stand"

You probably won't stay friends... Nor will you talk that often.

Welcome to the Friend Zone!!!

[3gmoney3]

It sounds like he was looking mainly for sex, or perhaps some sort of friends with benefits situation, but not a relationship. Since you made it clear you didn't want that, he was probably looking to save face and ease out of the situation without looking like a total jerk. I wouldn't focus too much on "at the moment."

[rUinSAYAN]

thats MH for me if I were you. I read all the others too

[lolalolalola]

sorry to break this to u but i think that he lost interest in u cause u gave him too much!