
Makes sense it's his first, he's only 23. What I'm shocked is he's implying he has genuine feeling for her. He has to communicate otherwise she won't know (although it seems too early to say his feelings, they might have known each other for a few months now but that's still too early for someone who spent 13 years with someone else) and he has to try to harder to convince her and allow him in because of her past.

Sometimes you really just have to wonder and even find out how the person you love talks about you behind your back. You're too fucking old to be calling someone shallow and saying you don't plan to get serious with someone like that. Even if he was not aware they were a thing etc etc, my girl never treated him shit after they started being a thing. I don't even say shit like that to a fubu.
I am with Lyle on this. I'm also an overthinker and anxious lover and would have liked some heads up or my partner warning his friends not to bring up shit from the past inside their home. And since Lyle was already overwhelmed, a surprised confrontation is not the answer to it. I think stepping back and picking up his composure were really smart of him. If he would just cry and feel betrayed in front of Ash who would have tried to keep explaining, they would just both get hurt.×
But this new image is gonna erase the progress Lyle just made. Ash gotta step up. He keeps missing the right time to explain to Lyle.