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David nodded to Tanya as she took a seat across him and when asked about the cupcake he answered, "Depends on how many calories are in the cupcake and if you plan to cut those calories out somewhere else sometime during the day or the week. However, it has been found that sugar is addicting," David answered taking a sip of his tea. "You could always charm the dress to go up a size or so if you had to."

David mused as he took a bite of his sandwich, "They say that you can only taste the first few bites of food to its full appreciation so you wouldn't have to eat the whole cupcake. Being pushed to eat everything on your plate is a horrid habit to teach people anyways." He paused realizing that his more analytical answer to the question might not have been the most welcome. He knew enough from Cathy that worrying about your weight was normal and there were plenty of women (and men) who had gone to his Dad's clinic for liposuction. Suggesting that as a way of countering any cupcakes, David was sure was a good way to get punched, as most people didn't grow up talking about surgical means for beauty as if discussing designing a sculpture.

"Speaking of the dress, how is the wedding planning going? Only about a month left, right?" David asked, raising a brow.

David raised a brow at Tanya and said, "Actually bread tends to have less calories than cupcakes and glucose metabolizes differently than pure sugar." He didn't say anything more as Tanya had already rolled his eyes at the tangent he had went on a minute ago about diets. He smiled and said, "As long as she only tries to and doesn't actually stab you I don't see the problem. She sounds absolutely charming compared to my grandmother. Well both of them to be honest."

He nodded as she answered about the wedding and said, "That's good. And one of the options for rain is to have an alternative venue. I did for my wedding. We could have had it in the ballroom of the manor as well. Or you could use a shield charm... well several... if it did start to rain. Just a thought," David added with a shrug.

"You have a theme wedding right? I feel like those are harder to plan. What was the theme again? Something about Christmas and Halloween? Sorry, I haven't looked at the invitation lately, I've been busy with Leah and Christopher," David said.

David raised a brow in innocent challenge when Tanya gave him a deadpan stare when he began to debate nutrition. To be fair, Tanya should have known better than to ask him his opinion on the matter. He was raised by a surgeon who had graduated from one of the best if not the best university for medical studies in the UK and now was a healer. He didn't have it in him to not be anything but brutally honest about a question regarding health. David nodded though as the subject of grandparents came up. He had to smile when she mentioned her future in-laws. The elder Lovettes were awful and unlike the type who might go on a muggleborn slaying spree they were the quiet purist type who had the audacity to mix God in their hatred. It wasn't only disgusting but illogical and in many ways irritated him more than his grandparents' hatred of what wasn't pure. As an older lady glanced over at them looking horrified, David gave her a polite nod and replied to Tanya, "Maybe Gypsy's wedding weakened their heart so they are just waiting for the next big shock to do them in. And even cockroaches die eventually."

He took a sip of his tea and nodded as Tanya explained her back up plan. He was sure the Averys would have locked him in the basement for the three months at the very least if he had so much as mentioned the idea of wizard tents. In some ways it was nice to have someone else dictate the details of the wedding but in other ways he wondered if he robbed Leo some of her right as a bride in that his grandparents had been so involved in the wedding planning. At least now he didn't have to worry about them. And Wendy could have the creepy manor all he cared. He had no use for it.

"Nightmare Before Christmas, right," David said, "I really should get around to watching it, though I don't know how children friendly it is. Which little sister was it you are asking about?" He asked with half a laugh. "Leah is doing alright. She has her quirks... though with my family tree a few quirks aren't exactly surprising. I signed her up for ballet she's enjoying that. Right now she's on a James and the Giant Peach and Fantasia kick. At least I will know she won't grow up scared of spiders," He added with a roll of his eyes. "Cathy, though, she's well Cathy. She got a spot on the English Quidditch Team so your step sister has been keeping her busy. It's a good thing, I assure you."

"Very true," David agreed when Tanya pointed out that some people didn't die soon enough. His grandparents were a perfect example. They were in their seventies and yet still going strong. It annoyed him as a healer because he treated plenty of people for dragon pox and the like who suffered horridly at that age and yet they were perfectly lovely people. Life wasn't fair but he already knew that. Still, if he could switch Tanya's grandparents and future in laws for his grandparents he would. At least David had gotten good in-laws, especially a very agreeable father-in-law, and considering he asked for Leo's hand when they were only 17 it was very good that Leo had an agreeable father-in-law. Even Leo's sister Mira wasn't that awful and she was the black sheep of the family in many ways. Ironically Mira was dating Tanya's younger brother.

David shook his head with a smile when Tanya tried to argue the movie's case before agreeing that he might need to wait before introducing Leah to the movie and then argued that if Leah could watch James and the Giant Peach she should be able to watch Nightmare Before Christmas. To be honest Ronald Dahl did write some truly nightmare inducing children books. However, David was pretty sure he caught his sister reading classic Grimm's fairy tales to Leah and Christopher before. It wasn't wise to shelter a child forever, though. And he did grow up as a kid watching Star Wars which had its own share of issues. "Knowing my luck that would be her new favorite movie and she'd watch it all the time," David answered, "and no offense to your taste, but personally I'm not a big fan of Christmas movies or really anything Christmas related." He suspected it was partially as a kid because he was dragged to his grandparents but also in part that having a Christmas birthday robbed him of any proper birthday. And he wasn't even Christian so he didn't see the point in celebrating the holiday besides the fact it was expected. He wasn't going to be the jerk Dad who doesn't celebrate Christmas for his kids just because he didn't actually believe in the holiday.

"Leah has odd taste, though," David added with a shrug, before the topic of Cathy came up. Tanya warned him about Tria and David shook his head with a smile, "This is Cathy we're talking about, you can't talk reason into her about anything. She's just like our Mum was, mule-headed. She's been getting better though. Though, if I find out Tria actually made Cathy cry for real there may be a bit of a problem. I hate pushy women. Or women that pushy. Obviously I have a thing for some stubbornness as I did marry Leo and she's a Gryffindor... or I could be a bit of a masochist. I never was able to decide which was the case, whether I hate stubbornness and like to make myself suffer or that I actually appreciate stubbornness to a point but only in moderation."