Darby
Epochal Historian
At some point in "any" situation with "any" woman, is to know that "the best" response for any man to anything from a woman is this:
" Yes, dear ".
Or throw in a dual transverse framulator to avoid being throw for a loop. It does, afterall, solve the problem, as RMT pointed out, of side-fumbling, which is itself a form of a ground loop. Always, of course, follow your sage advice and add the, "Yes, dear." Somehow I don't think she's really going to buy into the framulator.