C'mon, the whole "Do you love me" convo is a setup. Nothing S could have said would have been right (and he's not stupid - he knows that).
Instead of acting like he said all the wrong things, how about apologizing for projecting your insecurities onto him? Maybe next time you can share your feeling of insecurity without putting the burden on him to fix it.
Merrick must be living on bread and water. He's sounding awfully jealous of that dairy farm.
