My hot take: this is unnecessary martyrdom. You could be honest about also loving the blue ones — you'd have one more thing in common and one fewer lie between you. Furthermore, what's the marginal utility of a blue candy? How much better is her life made by having, say, 10 candies instead of just 5?

Isn't this a how I met your mother plotline?

Bro just buy two boxes...

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.