<human>: Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?

So I started seeing this guy towards the beginning of August. We've been on six dates. Things seemed to be going well but he kind of disappeared on me for a week or so as he had friends coming in town to visit.                                                                                                                   I didn't want to be clingy so I gave him time to be with his friends and didn't text or call. I thought he may get in touch with me and invite me to spend time with them but he didn't.                                                                                                                                  Heard from him tonight apologizing for being out of touch for the 8 days or so - the thing is his friends left Wednesday and he went out last night to a bar. So, it's nice to hear from him but not sure if I should have heard from him sooner if he was really into me, because he has had free time to do other things. I like him but don't know if I should keep dating him - I'm nervous I'm a backburner thing for him. Thoughts?
<bot>: Dating a guy, hasn't heard from him in a week, he got back in contact and I'm not sure if I should go out with him again?