@LlamaMountainStudioArts @CinnamonGirlE The people I most eagerly share time with are academics who value precise language.

My phrasing might sound stilted to you, but in my circles what I said (and how I would say it) would be heard as a warm, genuine offer, and a bid for mutuality.

Indeed, to my closest friends "I'm here for you" is far, far more likely to elicit an eyeroll for how vague and generic that is.