Advice needed!!

I was seeing this guy for about six months. We never talked about being "official", but we did talk about being exclusive. Recently, I got mad at him about canceling our plans before I realized he had a reason for it. He texted me the next day and said that he didn't want for us to be done, but is having family issues and just needs some time. We've talked very few times since then, but he still maintains that he doesn't want to be done. How can you ignore someone if you want to be with them? Am I just way off base on being sucpicious of this? I'd normally just write it off as a loss and move on, but I've never felt this way about someone.