leelee,

This is a great experience by adding to your wisdom in how to “do” relationships.  It does not matter who wants the romantic relationship if it is so soon.  Whether he or you saying you want to be boy/girlfriends and exclusive, the other person should throttle that back and take it slower. The proper response is “let’s see how we are after 6 months of dating.”

The two words that have high level of misinterpretation are “friends” and “love.”  People rarely know what that means in practice and usually don’t have the same idea which each one means.

My suggestion remains: Go let him “go figure it out” while you move on by having a full life without him.  If he comes back then you are responsible for taking upon yourself in pinning down what sort of relationship both you and he wants and what that looks like.

Mark