Opinions on an ex-fling?

So, basically I’ve just started college but right before I left, I guess you could say I had a little ‘fling’ with this guy I used to work with when I was a senior in high school. After a mutual friend told me that he had said he found me attractive sometime during when we used to work together, I decided to hit him up even though I hadn’t seen him in three months because he got fired. This was in July when I was away for pretty much the whole summer because I had to do a program at my college before the fall semester started. We talked until I came home for my 2 week break at the end of August, which is when he started calling me on the phone consistently trying to make plans. He told me how he decided not to go after me back then because he knew I was still underage and in high school, so it wouldn’t have been cool. We did end up finding a night that worked and we hooked up. We did alot, but didn’t end up having sex for 2 reasons..one, I had a curfew (embarassing lol) and he said he wanted our first time together to be special. Unfortunately, there was no next time and I ended up having to cancel twice because I just couldn’t make it work with the little time I had left in my hometown trying to see friends and take care of other school priorities. Anyway, fast forward I was surprised that he still kept in touch with me. Like he was still texting me throughout the next few weeks asking if I needed him to send me anything for school. He was also still alluding to seeing me in 3 months and wanting me to promise that I’ll spend the whole night this time, which I found surprising as well because we never really discussed what we are. To me, it was like we were trying things out but just ran out of time, literally.

Not that long after that conversation, as in maybe a few days later, he texted me saying he got cuffed (slang for girlfriend) and that he felt like he needed to let me know instead of ghosting. I wished him well and told him to take care and basically that was it. Obviously, I was a little disappointed because he was a cool guy but realistically, I knew it was gonna fizzle out soon. But when I was laughing to my mom about it, she said something kind of shocking. Along the lines of, “I love you sweetie but honestly, I can see why he broke it off. You should be more delicate because guys have feelings too.” Thinking about what she said, I’m just wondering if I did something wrong. Honestly, I think after the first night we hooked up, something in my mind clicked..I felt like taking an uber (which is what he wanted) to go to his house just for a last quick hookup when I was leaving in 2 days was a bit pointless and rushed. Even though I like to use not having time as an excuse, I probably could have made it work if I wanted to. There were times when he texted me saying I should be more possessive of him or something, but that’s kind of silly to get jealous over a guy who’s not even mine especially when he sees other girls.

I guess I just want some opinions on if I handled things badly because thinking back, he actually did put in effort. As in he would say things like, “Tell me when you’re free and I’ll make myself available for you.” And then actually change his work schedule to do it. He turned out to be kinder than I thought, even when we hooked up, he was so patient and basically spent the whole time going slow and making me feel good. I guess it was the uber thing that mainly made me pull back. I’m just wondering if he’ll ever hit me up again. It sounds like he wouldn’t because he called me “kiddo” which bruised my feelings a lil bit (because I wouldn’t call a guy I hooked up with kiddo, its weird), and because doing a long distance hookup feels a bit goofy. Any opinions on this would be appreciated, thank you! I’m not even sure what the point of this post is, I think I just miss him a little more than I thought I would.