I didn't hang up before he explained himself. After he said the connection just wasn't there, and told me the "it's not me, it's him" bit, I told him thank you for being honest, and said well I guess I will talk to later then, and as he was saying bye, I ended the phone call. So I didn't just cut him off. He did explain.

No, he didn't "mislead" me into "happily ever after", but he told me verbally and via text prior to this trip that he thought I was pretty awesome, and that he was looking forward to getting to know me. His actions toward me while we would spend time together before this, and well actually up until Sunday, backed up his statements.

I don't believe that telling someone you're ready for a relationship is pressuring them. When someone calls you their girlfriend in a public setting - to friends, family, radio hosts, whoever - and it hadn't been discussed at that point before from either of you what the potential of this could be, I felt I did nothing wrong by wanting to clarify by what he meant with calling me his GF. His answer to that question - that he liked me and wanted to see where this went - was my clarification, and I stated that was why I asked when I had texted him after getting home after the trip. I feel that letting him know I am open to that, versus just being a FWB, is being clear with my communication regarding that subject. Some of the context of our back and forth conversation from the "20 Questions" involved asking each other what we sought from a partner and what was most important to us in terms of a relationship, and our answers were very, very similar, in that we were both looking for a partner to connect with past a superficial level.

I was not rude or mean in my texts to him. I expressed that I was hurt by the sudden change, when he had given me verbal and nonverbal indicators that he was interested in me past a friendship level, took the initiative to invite me on this trip and introduce me to some of his family, and expressed excitement that I could go with him. I'm a no-bullshit, straightforward person, which I expressed within one of our initial conversations, and again when I last texted him. I like to be 100% clear in my communication, which I feel that I was in this scenario. I do not feel that expressing how it felt to someone who flipped like a light switch in the course of a day (with no explanation as to why other than to say it wasn't me, it was him) is "nutty" or "rude".

I understand what dating is about. I get it. I came here to seek feedback about this particular situation, and feedback is what I have received. I know it's difficult to accurately make judgement without 100% context, but without copying and pasting our entire conversation from when I first contacted him to this morning, it is difficult for that 100% to be given, instead I have given as much context as I possibly can.