Cole is one of the good guys: supportive of his wife's career, keen to be a hands on dad, a romantic, engaged by the natural world, not a big drinker. Quiet-spoken.
So when she leaves him, he is floored. He was the perfect husband, wasn't he?
And whilst contemplating this he meets Lennie. And he thinks he might have finally found a soulmate. The real Lennie turns out to be quite different from the woman he'd expected but that doesn't quell his desire for her. And she would be lucky to be with a man like him. A good guy.
But if most men say they're one of the good guys, then why do so many women live in fear?