When is a drunk dial more than a drunk dial?

Anonymous
A guy friend of mine used to love drunk dialing me when he is with our friends partying and I couldn't go.

A week ago when I drunk dialed him he couldn't pick up. The next day I apologized and said I couldn't remember why. He immediately stated that it was because I liked him. Since the reception was sh*tty I asked him to repeat what he said and he changed it completely to saying that I drunk dialed out of retaliation.

So here is my question - he drunk dials me when he is with our friends, when I do it he immediately thought its cause I liked him. Does that mean his previous drunk dials meant something? Or did he change his words because he realized he didn't want to make it sound like he liked me?

(I think I asked this before but I placed it in the wrong section.)
When is a drunk dial more than a drunk dial?
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