What does he mean with his reply after I told him that I like him?

I told this guy that I like him , more than I should, and therefore we should stop messaging.

Our history is, that we slept together before, he was visiting friends and we ended up spending the weekend together. We did lots of stuff (during the day) and had fun, but of course, we also spent the nights together. I didn’t notice that I liked him and wasn’t thinking about anything. After that we stayed in touch through messages. He started putting kisses at the end of his texts. Of course, I “found out” that he meant more to me, but since he didn’T really signalise much interest and I didn’t want to torture myself, I thought, I just tell him about the way I feel and that we should stop the messages…(insecure me, I guess…)
His reply (short summary…): He thinks it’s probably a reasonable decision for my part. He likes me too. It’s good to be around me. He thinks I am probably doing the right thing, but it’s a bit crap. And that he would cause me headaches if I gave him the chance anyway.IHe thinks he’ll better go, and respect the fact that I want to stop messaging.

And here I am now, reading probably too much into it. But his reply is confusing me. I think i need a clear cut, if I want to forget him.
Can someone give me impressions of his reply? My girlfriends keep telling me it’s positive…I just don’t see it. I don’t see anything at all, actually. But I am feeling stupid.