...right.
"Sorry. This is - more of a recognized problem in dath ilan, and the 'gendertropes', the male-female behavior options, do usually have the girl interrupting the boy before he gets to this point. Or the boy interrupting the girl, but that happens around as quarter as often."
"Well, if you didn't like current ongoing events, clearly, there must be something you'd rather be doing; and it is hardly thinkable that this activity would not involve me in any way. So what, do tell, is your greater preference?"