It's the way he refuses to listen to *her*, and yet makes exactly the same decision later on when other people (The Mayor, Joyce) tell him to. Yes he was wise to leave, but he should have left when Buffy told him to - he was being incredibly patronising by not taking her seriously then.
That was the period when Angel was confused for me. Don't forget he just came back from a Hell dimension, he didn't know what he wanted, but he wanted Buffy with him, by his side, he was as confused as her when she came back from Heaven, probably less, but still. It was a horrifying experience for him that it had affected his way of thinking. Also, don't forget he thought about this before Buffy came to this conclusion, back in S2, Angel refused to have a relationship with Buffy regardless to how she felt about it, but then he gave in to his feelings and started to go out with her. Buffy here realizes that it can't go on between her and Angel, but after few episodes she'll give in to her feelings and they'll start again with the relationship. And then we have Angel realize the difficulties of that relationship and then put a STOP to the whole rollercoaster by leaving.
I never thought I'd be defending Angel like that at all. Usually I'm more of a Xander, Spike and Giles defender (My fave men *hugs them*) However, I don't think this is as crazy as my Riley defending days (I still defend him when I think he deserved it) Hell, I defended Andrew awhile back (I hate him!) But I'm sure as hell won't defend Kennedy (time will tell)
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That was the period when Angel was confused for me. Don't forget he just came back from a Hell dimension, he didn't know what he wanted, but he wanted Buffy with him, by his side, he was as confused as her when she came back from Heaven, probably less, but still. It was a horrifying experience for him that it had affected his way of thinking. Also, don't forget he thought about this before Buffy came to this conclusion, back in S2, Angel refused to have a relationship with Buffy regardless to how she felt about it, but then he gave in to his feelings and started to go out with her. Buffy here realizes that it can't go on between her and Angel, but after few episodes she'll give in to her feelings and they'll start again with the relationship. And then we have Angel realize the difficulties of that relationship and then put a STOP to the whole rollercoaster by leaving.
I never thought I'd be defending Angel like that at all. Usually I'm more of a Xander, Spike and Giles defender (My fave men *hugs them*) However, I don't think this is as crazy as my Riley defending days (I still defend him when I think he deserved it) Hell, I defended Andrew awhile back (I hate him!) But I'm sure as hell won't defend Kennedy (time will tell)