That is such a mature response that I feel like it goes both ways. It feels amazing to have your SO accompanying you while not taking up your attention. Just being there with you is fine. Looking at phone, doing nothing, whatever it is. And you can do it for your SO too!
I think it's nice when you go through relationship long enough you'll experience one of these stages eventually. It may seem simple from the 3rd person POV, but right in the situation, sometimes it's hard to decide which action is the best. I mean, even after a decade, there are times when you...