<human>: In the past year, I've ended up involved in 2 different relationships with guys near or the same age as me, who after a few months of dating told me "I like you a lot and have feelings for you, I'm just not ready for a relationship right now". How am I supposed to take that? Did they really just figure out they weren't ready or were they just trying to let me down easily? 

The latest relationship is with a guy [25] who I've been friends with for 6 years. He got out of a 4 year relationship about 5 months before starting things with me, but he was the one who initiated everything in the beginning. Now 3 months after making the first move and us casually seeing where things would go, he tried to pull the slow fade. I called him out on it and he told me he just thinks he's been really apprehensive about starting a new relationship and doesn't want to lead me on. How do I handle this situation? We're getting together to talk about it all in a few days and I need some advice on how to approach it.

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<bot>: keep ending up dating guys who aren't ready for a relationship; how do I handle this with a friend turned potential relationship who is now unsure of what he wants