What do you think? How do you know when to offer help and is the idea of stealing someone's man card as big of a deal as I think it is?
Same like you : the whole "let me step in and show you how it's done" feels a bit wrong". I have tried to do that few times and seen people taking it in a negative way, so it's best to mind our own business, unless someone asks for help.
The only time I would step in without anyone asking is when someone is in need of medical urgency, where he/she is not even in a situation to ask. Otherwise, now a days, people react very harshly.
Yeah, that is a good point. There are some instances where you just have to jump into action. I'm sure people who have kids deal with things like this on a regular basis. When do you watch them struggle but figure it out themselves and when do you step in to protect them?
I love to rather jump into action with the kids, to distract them troubling their parent :). Some just stop by looking at me - it's a lot of fun for sure.