No, of course he could order me one and would if I asked him to. But he thinks I would find a Terry too cramped ... when we talked about this before, he thought I was in the middle, not short-torsoed/armed enough for a Terry but with proportions that make a standard road bike not comfortable for me.

And a touring style bike is, obviously, going to be significantly less comfortable. It was a little dumb of me to get excited about something that is so obviously not going to be a good fit.