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Raul Oguz asked this question about Call Me by Your Name:
Why did Elio feel regret and remorse after sleeping with Oliver? He wanted him away and he didn't want to see him. Of course that changes but I was curious as if that was because he loved Oliver and then he realised that the sex was not what he just wanted
Chase I agree with the comments below, but I also think it was his flip of a switch (as it often is) to realize how deeply he cared for Oliver and how real …moreI agree with the comments below, but I also think it was his flip of a switch (as it often is) to realize how deeply he cared for Oliver and how real those emotions were. They were all fantasy to some degree until then and with sex comes an physical attachment to those intangible emotions. He then had to accept that him losing Oliver would be more painful than he was prepared for, even more painful than he fantasized.

Oliver knew this the whole time--having had a first love lost one would imagine--which is why I think he resisted until he couldn't any longer in that moment. Hence his comments of not wanting to "break" Elio. Which inevitably happens in a far more painful way for Elio than for Oliver. (less)
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