High Fidelity: Chapters 7-13

These chapters made me think Rob is a very confused person. He never knows what he wants when it comes to women…especially Laura. When him and Laura are together, it seems like he doesn’t want to be. But then after they break up, he can’t stop obsessing over her. Mainly what makes me think this is the whole cheating situation. Rob cheated on Laura and didn’t think it was a big deal. Then later on in the book Laura cheats on him and he flips out. After they’re split up, Rob is constantly thinking about Laura and is always trying to call her to talk about her new relationship with Ian. I don’t even think he cares about his and Laura’s relationship anymore. It seems like he only wants confirmation that he was a better lover then Ian. He’s way to insecure with himself. I wouldn’t have a problem with him being upset over their relationship ending if he actually cared about her before they broke up.
Rob’s relationship with Marie confused me as well. I think he’s ridiculous about it all. He talks about how the best parts of a one-night stand are before they start and after they have ended. Marie invites Rob to her place and he is just plain awkward the whole night. It seemed like he wasn’t quite ready to be alone with her even though he kept saying that he doesn’t care about Laura anymore. I think he needs to learn what he wants and then try again with Marie. She seems like a really cool girl in the book and it kind of bothers me that he is that uncomfortable around her. Overall I feel bad for Marie because he is so weird about everything. Hopefully as the book goes on he’ll learn to boost his self-esteem a bit more.