It's just an incidental conversation, it doesn't have to lead anywhere. I'm not sure why you're so hung up on it, as it's basically forgotten afterwards unless you look at progressing it. And the whole "I can't have Emily so I don't want to see anyone else having a shot" mentality is just weird (generally speaking now, not necessarily saying this is your stance). It's like moms have to be either incest material or born-again virgins, and there's no in-between. Back to you in particular, why are we railing on Brooke (and John) anyway, and not Melissa, who you don't have to opportunity to avoid some of the Emily content with?