"No 'cuz that'd be mortifying," is offered like it's meant to be joking, but it's probably obvious that it's not quite. "See, okay, thing is, we've only actually been talking again for..."

...wow it's almost eight months now, counting time here. Time fucking flies.

"...a few months, so it's not like this has been an issue again for long, y'know? This was the first time it turned into an actual argument again."