I called him--eek...what have I done?

I think he called you back so that you wouldn't call him again. . I think you did the right thing calling him, though. It's a mystery why he doesn't want to see you. Hopefully you can find out the reason. Good luck to you.

In my opinion, if someone ever tells you they've been too busy to call you, they're lying to you. How hectic and out of control is your life that you can't spare a minute or two for a phone call? It only takes two minutes to dial a number and say "Hey, just calling to get in touch etc, I've got a lot on my plate at the moment and I'll try to call you later when I have more time to talk. "

What they're really saying is that they never intended to call you, or they forgot entirely about calling you.

That being said, as far as the root of this question (if he's still interested, if he wants to see you again, etc ) there's no point in doing guesswork when another phone call at some point in time could give you a definite answer.

If he keeps blowing you off and throwing excuses your way that's a "Sorry I'm not interested. But lack decency to tell you that because I don't want to be the bearer of bad news. So instead I'm going to keep you guessing. " on his part, and you should be done with him.

I would go out on a limb and say that yes, he only called back because he felt guilty and that he didn't want to seem like a jerk. Unfortunately, by being (somewhat) polite, he has inadvertently lit up your hopes.

If I was into someone, a week would NOT go by before I called back. Busy or not.

Most men don't call back out of guilt, he probably really was busy with work. Most men (if not interested) wouldn't call back at all. My advice is to just keep your cool and let him make the next move