Hi all I need some advice please.
I met this guy on a dating app and we met up once and got talking and ended up having a little kiss and cuddle but nothing else. We continued talking after this and met up the following week when he came to stay overnight at mine and it was almost like a date as we went out to dinner and he paid. And when we got back, stuff happened between us and since then I've really liked this guy and he has told me that he likes me and wants to be with me in a relationship, etc. but the only problem is, he lives in another country which is an hour flight away. So he said he didn't want a long distance relationship and to maybe be friends until a better time comes in both of our lives (as we're both in university) but I don't really want that, but if I tell him then I could lose him altogether.
Any advice on what I could do to maybe switch off my feelings when I talk to him, but not lose them so that the friendship overtakes the desire to become a relationship. I really want to be his girlfriend in the future, and think that if we become too close as friends then this might change and never happen. I feel like I've known him my whole life and we have this connection that I've never felt before. I even think I'm starting to fall for him slightly.