“They don’t answer your questions directly. Instead of confronting their mistakes, they divert your attention to something else, often with an emotional story that you’d feel bad interrupting.”Tagged: manipulation, Distractions, Questions
“Manipulation occurs when someone tries to force you out of your comfort zone. And I’m not talking about going on a spontaneous trip or trying a new food – I’m talking about disregarding your physical, emotional, or financial boundaries.”Tagged: manipulation, Comfort Zone, boundaries
“If conflicts from days, weeks, or months ago still bother you even though you’ve discussed them with your partner, it’s possible they manipulated you into believing the discussion was over before it was.”Tagged: manipulation, Conflict, Closure
“Am I saying this to push the envelope, or would I want to say it even if it were socially acceptable to talk about?”Tagged: Sex Positivity, Sex, Sex and Culture
“When someone withdraws a friendship because sex is off the table, the impacted person gets the message that all they were worth to this person was sex.”Tagged: Friendship, The Friendzone, friendzone, Sex, Sex Zone
“I call my last relationship “the vacation hookup that lasted three years.” Ever since I met my ex at a nightclub in Ibiza and he told me I had “eyes like a husky’s,” I had a feeling it wasn’t meant to be forever — but it would be fun while it lasted.”Tagged: Boyfriend, breakup, travel