2 years back I met a guy at work and we started dating. We have cultural differences (we are from a place where some parents are too particular about culture), so in the beginning itself I told him "if you feel our cultural differences becomes a hurdle in case if we want to take it further in future, it's better to stop dating right now". He said it won't be a problem.
5 months after we started dating, pandemic started so we moved to our respective hometowns. Then it became a distant relationship but we are in touch all the time. We never had any huge arguments it's all going fine for an year. Then oneday he said if this pandemic continues and we have to stay part for long-time it's better to move seperate ways because we have met each other in person only for 5 months also he added after staying with his parents for an year he's feeling cultural differences might also becomes a hurdle. But he doesn't want to end the relationship right away because of assumptions about future. I felt if he has breakup thoughts then we are just wasting our time, so I tried breaking up with him. But he's not accepting it as everything is going fine as of now. What Is the right way to handle to this situation?