Ryan makes Jacqueline look good by comparison

I think Ryan is so awful that he both brings out the worst in Jacqueline and makes her look good at the same time by comparison.

I just feel like Ryan views their dynamic as like a power play where he constantly feels the need to knock Jacqui down so that she doesn’t think too highly of herself.

I think he takes a sadistic pleasure in giving her the opposite of what she asks for or needs because he feels like it makes him more of a man or puts him in the one up position where he has the “power” or control. Whether it’s putting his shoes directly on the bed or withholding admiration. He knows exactly what he’s doing and how it makes her feel but he likes it and does it on purpose. He does all of this under the guise of honesty. I personally find him cruel and unnecessarily mean.

Say what you will about Jacqueline, but she has been trying and she has been forthcoming with everything that she needs or wants. If he doesn’t want to do this with her, he should just stop rather than torture her in the process.