Ok.. I know that there needs to be misunderstandings for the logic of this story to work, but the ammound of force the author is using to push that agenda accrossed the line should have given him a hernia and maybe blown out his back.
I'll be the first to admit that relationships between two individuals can be convoluted and messy, but(and it's as big as a yo' momma joke) that would only go so far unless both parties were extremely introverted shutins without any communication skills whatsoever. Clearly neither of these are as shown by there respective achievements in the last few months.