Moving slow or just not that into me?

It took a little while but I finally talked to him and told him I was looking for a relationship long-term and asked what he was looking for… He said he was happy with the way things are, I told him I wasn’t. I knew in my gut that there was something missing between us and the “relationship” wasn’t emotionally fulfilling for me so overall I know this is a good thing. Can’t find the right one if you’re spending all your time with the wrong one right? But I am a little sad. We always had fun together, spent a lot of time together, he was very helpful (doing things around my yard for example). On the surface it looked like we had a decent relationship, we just didn’t connect on a deeper level.

It was awkward having the conversation. He tried avoiding it. I had to get a little assertive — not in an argumentative way but I needed him to know I wasn’t going to just let it slide. I don’t think I d ever witnessed someone having more difficultly talking about their feelings!! At the end it was fine. I just told him we were not on the same page and that that was ok. We made a little chit chat for a while (as if nothing had changed) and I left.

I’ll chalk this up as a learning experience! Thank you all again for your advice!