I'm autistic and don't always know the right thing to do in emotionally charged situations.

My s/o has a tendency to happy cry sometimes.

How would I react to someone crying in response to positive emotion? I understand it's a normal thing when you're overwhelmed, I just don't know what to do.

My general instinct is to treat it like you would any crying- take them aside, comfort them, limit things going on for a moment, throw a pause on everything. That's what I'd want someone to do for me.

Should I instead continue doing whatever it is that made them this happy?

Am I being a downer/putting a damper on things?

S/o is already super apologetic about it when it happens, and I really don't want to ask what to do/reinforce that it's negative in any way when it's a natural emotional response.