He gave her a look and decided to be honest with her, "I do, well temporarily. My interest tends to go away rather quick. Ask my ex wife." Technically he was a widower but that'd be hard to explain. "I was terrible to her. Which is why all this is so hard to see. John keeps going on and on at how much better then me he is, but he's being an ass himself. You don't deserve that."
With a nod he led her inside and let the hostess guide them to a seat. "I think he'd like that. I'll ask him."