• RyanGosling [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    9 months ago

    During the holidays I’d ask the women if they need me to do anything. They tell me no, I don’t know how to do anything. Then I turn around and their husbands are nowhere near the kitchen and just drinking and watching football in the living room.

    • carpoftruth [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      “How can I help?” is the golden phrase. It implies you’re going to help (it isn’t asking if you can help) but it allows that you helping might just be staying out of the way. If it’s that, stay out of the way but watch and learn, or provide emotional support by hanging out while someone else does the thing.