Does your SO offer help?

Me

I'm curious as to how many of y'all have significant others who offer to help with a task. Doesn't matter if it's cooking, food prep, grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, bath time, etc. Does he/she/they offer to help or do you have to ask?

I'm currently in an ongoing battle with my partner wherein he'll see me doing something, assume I'm fine, go watch tv while playing on his phone. Most of the time in try to ignore this, but it's getting on my nerves more and more. If I want his help, I have to explicitly ask for, and I'm genuinely sick of asking. He's intelligent and capable but refuses to do anything he isn't told to do. Help?

Update: I definitely wrote the original post in anger, but am also glad to see this sort of situation is unique to my house. We actually talked about the situation last night and he told me that if he sees me struggling, he assumes I need help, but if I look like I'm holding things down he figures I'm good. I can't lie, his rationale does make sense, but it's still frustrating in the moment. In the long run, I think I'm just going to have to flat out ask for his help, otherwise I'll just end up getting mad.

I appreciate y'all for being so honest. While comparing yourself to others is rarely a good thing, it definitely helps to see I'm not alone in this boat.

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