OMG that is such a MLC response. My xh still occasionally lapses into this mode. There is a vast area of civilized behaviour used by normal people that they skip across because they think it is the marriage or nothing. Ummm at this stage, no, thanks but No thanks.
Reasonable would be nice.
I sometimes think a tiny bit of them wishes they had never left, but they cannot go there and continue to stay upright. Not our problem though.