For years I have been accused, by someone I knew, that I did not support them.

It only dawned upon me recently that I did not need to support them or their project.

Funny, the use of such language. As I now consider that “support”, in this context
is more sought from a husband or father, and I am neither of those.

Support is something that is an added bonus, in my view, like the tech support you can purchase as an add on with your product.

For me the default state with another person is to “allow”, that is not impede their
journey or project in life but if I want to team up with someone or partner with them then
I think there should be a high level of support available from either party.

Support of their project and their support of mine and in this case finding projects that dovetail into each other is the ideal support.