How do I set a boundary without damaging the relationship?
A boundary is a limit you keep, not a speech about their personality. Damage usually comes from contempt, surprise punishments, or a rule you abandon the first time they look hurt.
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Limits that protect the relationship instead of punishing it.
A boundary is a limit you keep, not a speech about their personality. Damage usually comes from contempt, surprise punishments, or a rule you abandon the first time they look hurt.
Tell the truth once, completely enough, and then make the next facts easy to check. Trust returns as repeated proof, not as a promise to never feel tempted again.