"Just confirming why you're not mixing drinks or making dinner." There was an easy unperturbed confidence to this move. It seemed fairly obvious, what he shouldn't be doing. But even the obvious sometimes needed to be put on display. It made it a lot harder for him to argue the point.

As she could definitely poke him again. If needed.

"I'm sure your girlfriend, or boyfriend, I don't know you. Will yell at you if you try to overdo it."