[It's alright, as that was the response he was expecting, and thus he already has counter-arguments ready.]
It doesn't have to be immediately! I'm not going back anytime soon, right? So we can wait a little! Besides, throwing parties for friends and the important events in their lives is an important part of life, isn't it? I don't want to look back to this and think, "I regret Art never got to celebrate being a Minimum Holder"!
[He stacks up these reasons one by one, tone his usual "I want something and now I'm going to convince you to agree to it".]