Elsa in Piecing (knock on wood)

[jim0987]

I need to find a way to communicate my needs without making him feel inadequate.

How he feels is ultimately up to him but the way we can interact can reinforce or assuage these feelings. So better maybe is to say

"I need to find a way to communicate my needs that at the same time tells him he I feel he is enough"

probably could phrase that better