I kind of liked that he realized what a selfish clod he was. Her remark about how his denseness and thoughtlessness about other people's feelings made it easy for him to calmly manipulate them was spot on (I've personally known a number of people like that, who would be shocked to know that others thought them selfish and manipulative). He was really damned fortunate that the FL was a very good person.
Married for The Greek's Convenience