[ He is not even going to acknowledge that statement with an answer and is going to attempt to steer the conversation elsewhere. ]

Are you going to start making me regret never censoring your reading material, young lady? [ Because seriously, there has got to be a line that a body doesn't cross where it concerns stuff like this. At least where it concerns family. ]

Hey. [ Looking back now though, all seriousness. ] Let me figure out how to tell Dad first, okay?

[ It's not a matter of his father taking issue with him falling for another guy, because that kind of thing was never an issue in their family. ]