Sometimes asking something is just hard, man. Nobody’s saying it’s your responsibility to ask or that they can’t ask on their own, but that it might comfort the person struggling to get something off their chest if you express that you’re open to it. It’s not coddling in some zero-sum game; it’s just trying to be in-tune with how your partner’s feeling.
Or if they have something to say, they can just say it.
Sometimes asking something is just hard, man. Nobody’s saying it’s your responsibility to ask or that they can’t ask on their own, but that it might comfort the person struggling to get something off their chest if you express that you’re open to it. It’s not coddling in some zero-sum game; it’s just trying to be in-tune with how your partner’s feeling.