Sure are. You get used to them, eventually... Well, mostly.

[...Gee, this is slightly embarrassing.]

I...had help. You, and two others--Kate and Abby--were already taking care of my friend Toothless when I arrived, so I kind of, er, tagged along. [And mooched into oblivion.] After you left, I stayed with the Other Father at his place in Goldenrod City.

[You know, to further mooch until he could get back on his feet while he still had them both.]