"I'm not going to force you into anything you don't want to do. But it might be nice to... try it? If you don't like it, we can always bury the idea and I won't bring it up again."
He didn't point out that he could just as easily make her do it. In fact, he wasn't proud of that side of himself, particularly given Veronica's history with what had happened with Beaver.
He wasn't sure how this was going to go or how she'd react. That was part of the fun of Veronica and part of the agony of wanting so badly to make her happy. But he had to put it out there.