What does it mean when a man says he wants everything but a relationship?

It means he wants everything except a relationship

exactly what it says on the tin

@ poster

it means no strings attached

Bootay calling/hoe strapping/ friends with benefits

He means he doesn't want you to call him back after each time he b*ngs you. A woman who falls for that cr*p has turned herself to a tool which is retrieved when the need arises, only to be kept away after finishing it's job.

What does it mean when a man says he wants everything but a relationship?

What is there to wonder about? He wasn't being secretive!!! The man put all of his cards on the table.

And honestly, he was more straightforward than most. He wants everything but a relationship = sex,

your time, maybe your money, he wants you to cook for him, etc. He just ain't that into you! Period!

I won't even say he's unstable. He probably just hasn't found the person he wants to spend his life with!

So if you remain in the relationship you can't say you haven't been warned!

I agree with Thirst4Lif to a degree

Women actually have also said that to men.  I know I have!!

Some men aren't husband material or boyfriend material and some women aren't wife or girlfriend material.

Not because they can't - but because THEY CHOOSE NOT TO BE.  When I was in college - I didn't want a steady boyfriend - my commitment was to my studies not a mate.  Also, it wasn't because I "just wasn't into him."  It was more that I wasn't "that into having a relationship."

I wasn't interested in being "owned."  I didn't want him owning my time, my choices, my activities, my friends, what I wear and such. Also I didn't want to claim ownership to "feeling guilty" that I wasn't being honest and was misleading someone to think that our activities were more than they were or would lead to more than they were at that time.

Because I really didn't know what I wanted - but I did know that I wanted companionship but just didn't want to commit to someone yet because I didn't know if I would "outgrow him or the young puppy love college relationship." 

I refuse to live in my parents shoes or allow my parents or my social society to dictate my dating habits.  Neither my parents nor society was dating him - lightly or seriously - I was.