It's always best to go with your gut when you're talking about relationships. Sometimes we want to hold on to something, even if we know we're not ready for it, for fear that it won't be there later.

I think you know the right thing to do. Everyone's saying it. Don't jump into anything until YOU are ready. You can't make a good couple until you make sure you're a good single.

That being said, lett him know that he's the kind of guy for you, that he's what you need when you're ready for a relationship. Tehn tell him that getting together now would really ruin a potentially terrific connection between you two. Let him know that you're not ready yet. Not that you're not ready for him, but for a relationship. Then, don't tell him he's got to stick around to wait for you. Let him know, you would love if he did, but you can't really give him a time frame just yet, and making him wait for you would be unfair to him.

But, be sure to tell him that if HE chose to wait, if you guys could hang out and get to know each other and build a really strong friendship, when the time was right, he'd be the first to know.

And, by the way, if you're great friends first, when you become a couple, you'll be unstoppable.

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Leon Scott Baxter
"America's Romance Guru"