Drinking themselves unconscious was the best way to deal with relationship problems -it'd been Emma's go to when any of the women she'd worked with had talked about problems with their partners. Emma avoided it by not letting herself actually care about a conquest, limiting her boyfriends over the years to little more than the enjoyment of human affection when she let herself crave it.
"Well, I do have cards, somewhere. Or there's mindless television and ridiculous rom-coms or action movies." Or they could talk, but that usually came after a few more drinks, which Emma was more than ready to provide.
"I've got a few old movies around here somewhere too." At least enough to pass the time until the weepy/angry/talkative drunk thing started, depending on where Tink fell on the spectrum.