[ Oh, look at you, actually using money for things and not just rubbing your face on it like a loser. But, fine, he guesses he has to tell her something he does with it. Something legal. ]

For your information, I have quite a bit of money back in my world. [ She doesn't have to find out whether that's true or not. ] And I happen to be accustomed to a certain lifestyle, which, surprisingly, I use said money to maintain. How on earth am I supposed to afford the finer things in life with this planet's miserable excuse for an economic system? Snuggles and - and hand-holding?

[ Spoken as though those were the two most objectionable activities he could conceive of, which they probably were. ]