I'm a single mother does this guy liked me or just wanted to be friends?

Hi, I had recently talked to a guy I known for a long time and right off the bat he made sexual messages to me, flirting but then go and say he just wants to be friends. I know he liked me when we were younger and he said yes to it. He would ask me questions about my ex-husband but he would be quiet and say it's better to talk about his ex in real life. We agreed to meet on a certain day but he didn't warn me at all that he couldn't come. I forgaved him for it and asked if there's something serious here. I understand not wanting to take things a little serious further however I'm confused because of how he'd tell me he'd take me to his room and "watch Netflix" with him alone.

I let my friends view the messages and they said "he seems like he just wanted to be friends. " They didn't see the whole convo but I kept thinking to myself have I just took things too fast? I'm desperate for a love life and haven't been doing well. I want my kids to also have a healthy father figure in their life, I don't want my ex-husband because he was emotionally abusive to me. It's been years since I've been single. I've been longing for love for so long but held it off to take care of my kids first until they're old enough to be able to handle themselves home alone.