Ricky Bowen Needs Therapy, And Here's Why.

Ricky Bowen needs therapy, and here's why.

In season 1, Ricky said that at first he had commitment issues because of his parents (”because that's not even a word your parents say to eachother anymore" speech at the auditions)

Then when his parents officially split, he wanted more than ever to get back with Nini. He needed something he could count on. He doesn't think that he's capable of maintaining a relationship because his own parents, the people that raised him and taught him almost everything he knows about life, couldn't even stay together.

When he finally got back with Nini he started saying things like, "I'm never leaving her again".

That's unhealthy.

He's trying to cope with everything in his life by clinging to Nini, trying to prove that maybe, his past self was wrong, that he can be in a relationship without it falling apart like his parents'.

I'm season 2 episode 5 we see this interesting exchange:

"When will we get to see each other" (the man was terrified of drifting apart due to lack of interaction)

"We see eachother all the time Ricky" (Nini knows that they love each other and that they don't need to be together 24/7 to stay strong.

He doesn't believe it, he knows how easily the light between two people can die out. He's seen it happen before.

Nini may be starting to notice this and she's probably confused, Ricky wasn't like this when they dated before, so what happened? When she was at YAC. We saw just how torn Ricky was, he didn't know who he was anymore, everything he did, it's like he had to have the "little Nini" in his head to guide him through when Nini was too busy to help him make decisions.

I think he definitely loves Nini, but there's something else.

I believe that he feels just a little something for Gina and doesn't want to be like his mom and Todd. He wants to stay faithful to Nini and maybe he thinks that being with Nini more would help get rid of those feelings, or that by constantly talking about Nini with Gina, his mind would realise that he wants to love Nini and only Nini, even though his heart knows he could be falling for someone else.

He's terrified of falling out of love with the only person that hasn't let him down.

He's got so much going on, that his entire identity right now is literally tied to Nini.

In conclusion, Richard Bowen needs a lot of help, therapy, counseling and probably should take a break from romantic relationships for a while, at least until he knows who he is.

You can't give your all to someone else, when you don't know who you are. He's pouring from an empty glass, doing anything he can to keep Nini.

He really wants to be with her 24/7 to reduce opportunity for her to find someone better or a reason to leave him, as well as reduce the chance of him losing his feelings.