This is a type of learned helplessness, born out of the idea that if Rob makes it onerous enough for me by needing a lot of direction, I’ll just do it myself. It works. The other night, I asked him to heat some tortillas and cut up an avocado while I finished dinner prep (turkey tacos). After he asked me for guidance on which avocado was ripest and how long he should heat the tortillas, I shooed him out of the kitchen.
