You asked

> How is helping someone with a solution “status and confrontation”?

I answered with an example

> "I just discovered my spouse cheated on me" "oh, leave that asshole now!".

This would be giving a solution but it would just be a display of status.

Giving a solution is not a display of status unless you make it about yourself.

'Suggesting a solution' somewhat indicates that the person receiving the suggestion didn't think of it (or wouldn't have thought of it, or couldn't have thought of it). -- Giving a solution is kinda like "see how helpful I am".