- Be assertive; if they care about you, they will care about your reasonable set boundaries - gladly and willingly accepting and respecting them. You're teaching people how to love you, what makes you feel unloved, and what makes you feel safe/ at-ease, and what makes you anxious/uncomfortable.
- Set boundaries are nonnegotiable, because they aren't selfish ultimatums or self-centered demands. Set boundaries are protection/self-defense. After clearly setting boundaries, and warning people about their violations and/or receiving deadlock resistance for initial Implementation, go no-contact with repeat offenders.
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Maturing in Love by Rhizome Olivia Quondam
ЧиклитMaturing in Love is an anthology guide of adulthood with poems, stories, essays, and blog posts about mature themes, learning self-love, adult-relationships, social issues, and life lessons from growing older. *The blog posts are topic introductions...
