He just got out of a relationship

Hi everyone this guy I met just got out of a 5 year relationship, it’s been 4 months and I’ve been scared to fall for him because I think he’s confused?

He says he wants to take it slow, he’ll reach out to me a lot but affection wise.. he’s holding back? I’m affectionate with him and then I can tell he relaxes and start reciprocating. I just don’t want to be a “distraction” I have no idea if he’s dating anyone else (I don’t care to ask) we are not intimate.

I’m scared to get hurt but I’m also very interested in him. What would you do?

Has this happened to you?

Some of my friends are telling me to be careful, others are telling me be patient so I don’t know