My dad used to do this. Since there were 5 of us, he had very clean guns.
Corri, no advice except to tell him how it really is, which I have no doubt you would do anyway.
Girls asking the boys out, eh. Well I guess that takes care of the boy-adolescent-anxiety aspect of the mating ritual, but it will never work out in the long run because women do not respect men that can't take charge.