What do I do?

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My wife told me this morning not to read into it as it was for our son and not me.

Well, that hardly seemed neccessary, did it? And yet... I have heard the exact same thing many times.

In my dating days, I would have answered, "Don't flatter yourself", and there would have been no next date for that one.

Don't do that though. I am a semi-expert on what not to do.

I wonder if making a joke out of it would work better? Something like, "Dang, and I was hoping to get lucky tonight--big smile".

Don't do that either unless somebody smarter than me says it is OK.