In case there’s any doubt, it’s not normal for parents to be dismayed that someone would want to date or marry their daughter or son. Were your future in-laws surprised, confused, grateful and relieved you wanted to marry their child? If you didn’t understand it at the time, do you understand now? If any potential bride […]
Boundaries Protect You from Narcissists and Borderlines, Part 3: The Very Basics
In Part 1 of this series, I discuss the importance of the law of reciprocity. If a relationship isn’t reciprocal, it will eventually become a source of anger and resentment. Healthy relationships can’t exist on a one-way street paved with double standards. Part 2 explains the joy of saying no. I discuss secondary gains and […]
Are You Suffering from Emotional Labor? Or Unrealistic Relationship Expectations? [Video]
Gemma Hartley, blogger who penned the viral article, Women Aren’t Nags — We’re Just Fed Up, and book Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women and the Way Forward seems confused. To paraphrase Inigo Montoya, “Emotional labor. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” (*Full disclosure: I haven’t read […]
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