[...] I didn't know what I wanted from him. What I seemed to want, though I didn't like to believe this, was for him to renounce every other person and thing in his life and pledge himself to me exclusively. This was outlandish not only because I had also slept with someone else during our relationship but because even now I was often preoccupied by other people, particularly Bobbi and how much I missed her. I didn't believe that the time I spent thinking about Bobbi had anything to do with Nick, but the time he spent thinking about Melissa I felt as a personal affront.
potential tag: self-loathing (through pure honesty)
to think about: the difference between knowing that you should be reasonable and having the ability to be reasonable. for panopticon: neil coming to terms with recognition that other people are not merely NPCs (through viewing bryan from comrade to villain to, later, whole complex person)
tag for panopticon?