[ How often has he done this? (This is most definitely not jealousy. That would require feelings here, and those have been put on hold in an unspoken sense now for...well, too long).
But, no, it doesn't really matter, and of course it's useful "research," because what else would it be from Arthur the Anal-Retentive? He shakes it off, even if the idea does stick in his craw in a way he is Not Acknowledging™ right now. ]
only if you bring it home with champagne
[ How often has he done this? (This is most definitely not jealousy. That would require feelings here, and those have been put on hold in an unspoken sense now for...well, too long).
But, no, it doesn't really matter, and of course it's useful "research," because what else would it be from Arthur the Anal-Retentive? He shakes it off, even if the idea does stick in his craw in a way he is Not Acknowledging™ right now. ]
And that's stopping you how, exactly?
[ SPECIFICITY, Arthur. ]