
I don’t think it’s about asking people to consider you. I think it’s about finding balance in a previously unbalanced relationship. Imagine you’re tasked with moving a couch for a friend. You single-handedly carry the couch up three flights of stairs and say ok, now you can do the last one, and the friend kinda scratches their head. If they could have done it alone they wouldn’t have needed to ask. I think it’s important to communicate your needs and figure out how to work together better.
I’ve tried this, and it did nothing, maybe for the first few weeks, but after that no. However, that was only a recent situation. In the past, it has worked, and I’ve also been on the receiving end. Sometimes, it’s not about them not caring for you, but rather that they might not want to bother you. You should ask them if they think of it as them bothering you or not having time from them, and then expand from there. Good Luck!