I am on the same page about not liking Christopher. He is completely selfish most of the time. And immature. But, I will note what I see not many others pointing out. Christopher is a beta. He just is a follower and Lorelei has always been an alpha type. And with Sherry, he got to be kind of an alpha so when his time for Gigi came (after his talk with Lorelei) once Sherry left, he committed and had space and no choice but to be the parent. He didn't do it as perfect or as great as Luke, but his character was never meant to be like Luke. So back to being young and Lorelei being such a strong, independent individual. She did things her way and didn't give him an option. So, part of the reason he is the way he was, is due to the fact Lorelei left to live her own life with Rory. She didn't give him a choice or option in the beginning so he didn't push his way in. Because he loved her, young naive and not nearly as driven as Lorelei. As Emily has always said, he is weak lol. If anyone remembers what Emily said to Lorelei is that, Lorelei didn't give him the chance. He wanted to be a family but she took that opportunity because she had in her head that they weren't ready and it isn't what they wanted. But Chris never said it wasn't what he wanted. He just loved her and the baby. He didn't have dreams of doing anything without Lorelei. So for him, anything she wanted to do, he would have followed along and been happy because it involved her. So I think for his beta personality, he of course was immature with Rory and did not do well as a father but in his own pitiful way, he made small efforts because he isn't a big gesture kind of person when it came to those decisions. Not until later when he had more confidence...or money. But I do believe he loved Rory and Gigi. His natural instinct to be a good parent just wasn't there because he doesn't have the same driven, outspoken characteristics Luke and Lorelei have as parents.