The mom was recommending a certain restaurant and Dh immediately launched into several reasons why he would want to try it and several reasons why he wouldn't, by the end he was almost breathing heavy due to not having taken in enough breath (at least from my perspective

....the lady graciously said something about maybe the two-restaurant "chain" had gotten stretched a bit thin. She is a mom of a gt, so she is probably used to some over the top behavior and really handled it ok - she might even get all gwishy herself if we get to know her better!