Tigergirl: Good question. The last time I did "tease" him, I shot off some very snippy remarks about our rupture (this site should be called hernia repair dot com) and was for a change aware of the hostility behind my remarks, which was good, but uncomfortable. I apologized, he said he hadn't noticed. Then I say liar liar pants on fire and he jumps. This is why I "love" him, as skysblue mentioned, this ability to be playful yet serious.