https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:56:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-so-good-at-asking-you-for-help#post-912455 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:29:15 +0000 Dandelion 912455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Too good...he acts very helpless at times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-so-good-at-asking-you-for-help#post-912447 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:27:12 +0000 Cherrybee 912447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH is the king of asking for help! It grates on me a bit (probably because I'm so bad at it!!) - I often say that if DH is doing something then we're both doing it. "Will you go and get my hammer please, babe?" "Will you come and hold this measuring tape?" "Will you come and dry up these bits so I can fit more washing up on the drainer?" "Is there any washing up upstairs - will you go and fetch it?". Everything's a team effort! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-so-good-at-asking-you-for-help#post-912358 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:00:33 +0000 mrsjyw 912358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has no problem asking for help if he needs it, but is not good at noticing when help is needed. But that's because I'm not good at asking for help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-so-good-at-asking-you-for-help#post-912346 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:54:28 +0000 lomom 912346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, he just hands me LO and walks away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-so-good-at-asking-you-for-help#post-912339 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:50:34 +0000 mrbee 912339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I don't think I'm necessarily bad at either? Both are definitely things I've been working on improving though... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-so-good-at-asking-you-for-help#post-912335 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:49:09 +0000 IRunForFun 912335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, and then he'll resent me for not helping and be all grumpy about it. I've had to tell him on multiple occasions that I'm not a mind reader and he should explicitly ask when he needs/wants help with something. He's getting better... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-so-good-at-asking-you-for-help#post-912333 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:48:01 +0000 mediagirl 912333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: are you bad at asking for help or bad at noticing when help is needed?</p> <p>My husband will always ask me for help if he needs it. He tries to get most things done on his own. He will warn me if help is going to be needed, for the most part. We have worked through a problem we had for a while where we didn't understand why sometimes the other person wouldn't just jump when we said "help!" Now, we try to say, "Can you help me with something?" "Sure, can you give me 5 minutes?" Most of the time, that is okay. We realize when the other needs help immediately, though and will drop what we are doing to help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-so-good-at-asking-you-for-help#post-912325 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:44:30 +0000 Pepper 912325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, though he avoids asking a lot more than I do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-so-good-at-asking-you-for-help#post-912321 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:42:58 +0000 cascademom 912321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH is way better at asking for help than me. With me, I still have trouble asking for help. It's one of the issues in our relationship. I'm getting better, but still need to learn how to ask for help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-your-so-good-at-asking-you-for-help#post-912316 Mon, 08 Jul 2013 10:40:59 +0000 mrbee 912316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I've gotten better at detecting when my help is needed! But sometimes I'll miss the early warning signs, and then it will usually come up in conversation a while later...</p> <p>Is your SO good at asking you for help? </p>