Unexpected walk-away-husband

[jpLove]

So, on Labor Day H was supposed to walk in the Labor Day parade in the town that he works in. He was also supposed to have our kids, so he got permission for them to walk in the parade with him. I asked him if he minded if I went to see my kids in their first parade & to take pictures. He said that was fine, and I agreed to not let the kids know I was there bc if they knew, they'd want to be with me & not him bc they are rejecting him right now. Monday morning came and he was an hour late picking them up bc he slept in. (So walking in the parade was now out of the question) Our Daughter asked him if I could go and he said he "didn't care," so I told her that I would drive myself. The town he works in is about 30 minutes away, and upon my arrival there I found out that my friends who were going to meet me there, decided not to go because they wanted to play match maker and force him to be with me since the kids weren't going to be part of the parade. (How frustrating!) by this point I was 30 minutes from home & our daughter expected me because she asked and we both agreed. I called him and explained what happened and he said "i don't know what to tell you" so I explained about how I want our daughter to know that what I tell her is truth and that "I'm not trying to force myself on you." He said "well that's kind of what you're doing" so I said "is that what I'm doing? Ok, I'll go home" he then urged me to stay for our daughter. so I did. He clearly enjoyed himself, he smiled at me a lot, pointed things out to me in the parade, we team-worked caring for the kids as well as we always have...and then when it was over he high-tailed it out of there as quickly as he could. I felt horrible about it all day, knowing in my heart that I had back-stepped my progress by staying.

Tonight, that was verified by a friend to whom he complained about it to...saying that I forced myself on him and that I should I have just gone home. I really believe he's just looking for reasons to be angry with me at this point, probably to validate himself bc he's realizing his original reasons to be mad weren't valid. Does anyone have an opinion or advice?