Kinda. [That's a complicated issue. He goes on slow, considered. Trying to work the right words out.] It's more like that used to be a thing we did, and now it isn't. I respect that that's part of your comfort, and it might hurt but it's something I can work with and work on.

[then it tumbles out:]

It's just that you casually tossed out that Rose would be going with you on a trip that was supposed to be for us and it felt like being replaced.

[nailed it]