<human>: I met my friends' friends for the first time and we all went out to eat and I got to know this one friend (21M) better and we had fun and we just clicked immediately. After eating I took and carried the leftovers and he said that he can carry those. I said thanks, you don't need to. He smiled politely back and got quiet.

And then I started thinking that oh no, did I just "lower" his manliness by not letting him help or was he just being polite and I responded to him by being polite back. I always tend to carry stuff because why not. I knew from my friend that he is super kind and polite so I wanted to be back. I do that also with my dad and brothers. I carry a grocery bag and they start taking it from my hand and I say I'll manage, you don't need to. I mean it's no problem for me to let people carry stuff but I just want to be kind in general.

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<bot>: When a man tells me that he can carry the stuff I'm carrying, should I always let him or does it really matter?