You are so right about that. Ow's have low-self image too.
The thing is , I think Ow and WAS/MLC are so good at re-writing history and living in a fantasy world that they convince themselves that what they have together isn't wrong and isn't an A. They were "just friends" and in their minds there was nothing wrong with that. This is what my H believes in his WARPED mind. MLC's don't have morals or values while on their journey. Ow are just plain trashy which explains why they don't have any morals.