[Being exactly the kind of person to blame himself for everything he possibly can, Davesprite immediately gets the undertone of that reaction. And also proceeds to inwardly start blaming himself for wording it the way he did, but that's angst for later.]

I mean...in both of your defense, you'd want to just talk about what you know would make your partner happy if you only see each other once a year, right.

[He thinks. Romantic experience with which to form a foundation for this argument is few and far between for him.]