Emotional Boundaries In Relationships
Emotional boundaries can be just as relevant as physical boundaries. You never want to be in a relationship with a disproportionate amount of affection on one side. For example, it’s not healthy for one person to be dreaming about marriage while the other is just dating because they like hanging out with the other person. While both people are innocent one is bound to get hurt. Phrases like “I can’t live without you” should be an indicator that one person in the relationship is too attached. If you find that the person you are dating has become obsessive it’s important to address that. Also, never feel pressured into saying “I love you.” If you are dating someone and they say I love you it seems like most people question how the relationship
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Don’t date your friend’s ex boyfriend or girlfriend, but if you do give it plenty of time. Also, be aware that while you can ask for permission sometimes it doesn’t matter because the other person doesn’t feel as if they can say no. Saying no makes you feel selfish and controlling, and after all if you care about them you will want to say yes for their happiness. Imagine a scenario in which a guy, breaks up with his girlfriend and just days later is talking about asking her good friend to the next dance. Not only is it hard for that old girlfriend to see her friend dating him, her confidence was just majorly shaken. How could he have cared for her so much if it took him just days to replace her? She begins to feel as though she wasn’t good enough, and it begins to give her the idea that it had been his intentions to do that all along. Not only is she upset she now has little to no trust in her old friend. All she can do is tell them to go ahead and do whatever makes them happy, she really doesn’t mind. Additionally, rumors spread like wildfire, and everyone now knows of the story and people begin to talk poorly about them, recognizing the wrong that was committed. In this situation, regardless of what their intentions really were, both reputations of the guy and girl were tarnished, and the other was left feeling
Don’t date your friend’s ex boyfriend or girlfriend, but if you do give it plenty of time. Also, be aware that while you can ask for permission sometimes it doesn’t matter because the other person doesn’t feel as if they can say no. Saying no makes you feel selfish and controlling, and after all if you care about them you will want to say yes for their happiness. Imagine a scenario in which a guy, breaks up with his girlfriend and just days later is talking about asking her good friend to the next dance. Not only is it hard for that old girlfriend to see her friend dating him, her confidence was just majorly shaken. How could he have cared for her so much if it took him just days to replace her? She begins to feel as though she wasn’t good enough, and it begins to give her the idea that it had been his intentions to do that all along. Not only is she upset she now has little to no trust in her old friend. All she can do is tell them to go ahead and do whatever makes them happy, she really doesn’t mind. Additionally, rumors spread like wildfire, and everyone now knows of the story and people begin to talk poorly about them, recognizing the wrong that was committed. In this situation, regardless of what their intentions really were, both reputations of the guy and girl were tarnished, and the other was left feeling