Tag: emotional boundaries
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A joke lands badly, you say it hurt, and suddenly the conversation becomes about your inability to “take a joke”. Humour can bring people closer, but when the same words are repeatedly used to excuse disrespect, it is worth looking at what is really happening.
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There is a moment many women in long term relationships quietly recognise but rarely name. It is not the argument. Not the raised voice. Not even the disappointment. It is the realisation that the apology has become the ending not the beginning. “I’m sorry” arrives quickly. Sometimes sincerely. Sometimes emotionally charged. Sometimes beautifully worded. But…