I said, "Yes, and I like it" regarding my T. If answering for MC, I would have said, "Yes, and I tease back." I feel I haven't known T quite long enough to tease back.

Examples: Today, from T: I was wearing distressed jeans with a couple intentional holes in them. I sat down and he said, "Are things bad enough that you have holes in your jeans?"

From marriage counselor. I'd expressed worry via e-mail about his health at one point when he'd had to leave a session right on time (but not for another client) and had been drinking pink grapefruit juice, when he normally has coffee or soda. He'd reassured me over e-mail that he knew of no health issues. At the next session, he held up a bottle of pink grapefruit juice that he was drinking. He said, "I really didn't intentionally buy this because you had session. It's quite good--have you ever had it?" I said no, and didn't really want to try it. He said he didn't mean then. Then said, "You know why I'm messing with you? One, because it's fun! And, second, to let you know it's OK you asked about that."

I can come up with more examples if you want...