relationship advice???

so i’ve been dating this guy for the past 5 months and everything has been great. about a month or so ago we had a deep conversation that lasted hours about how he isn’t ready to fully settle down yet but he loves me and he can see himself marrying me but he still has some “hoeing” he needs to get out of him but he doesn’t want to hurt me, so he wants to take a break. like we were both crying for hours while talking about this. he told me that he’s never felt this way about anyone, even his ex he was with for 3 years, he’s just been through a lot of shit in the past couple years. he says that he definitely wants to get back together but i’m not sure what to do. i do love him but i just don’t want to feel like i’m waiting around for him when there’s a slight chance he might not come back. i just wanna hear any thoughts/advice on our situation 😅