Ask for company from afar without assuming availability

Describe the kind of company you want and give the other person a usable way to answer.

Try this

Name a format and approximate duration, such as a short call while you make tea.
Offer a later option or accept that today may not work. Avoid making a request so vague that the recipient cannot judge the commitment.

A worked example

“Would you have ten minutes for a call while I make dinner? If not, I can send you a note later.”

An invented example to adapt, not a real exchange or a script you have to follow.

Before you leave it here

If the request is declined, do not convert it into a test of priority. Decide what you will do next locally rather than waiting indefinitely for availability.

This is a voluntary planning exercise. Keep your notes private, adapt the language, and leave any question unanswered. It does not require Ourling or a purchase.

Ourling’s library uses AI-assisted original writing. These are practical exercises, not clinical advice or promises about relationship outcomes. Suggest a correction or a missing situation.