People-pleasing is like creating debt and then expecting others to pay it off
When your decision to remain in an unhealthy or unfulfilling relationship or situation is about ‘investment’ and attempting to recoup a loss, you wind up making the person/people indebted to you. There becomes a sense of entitlement. This is when you have...Jumping into relationships and belatedly realising commitment is involved
Being on the receiving end of not just someone’s intense interest in and attraction to us, but their seeming desire to jump into a relationship can be pretty intoxicating. The intensity creates this romance of false intimacy, and we think we’ve jumped into a fairy...How To Tell Someone You’re Not Interested Without Ghosting
When I dated back in the day, aside from not being interested in emotionally available men (cough), one of my struggles was ending relationships. Looking back, I wish I’d had a couple of handy break-up scripts. As someone who baulked at conflict and criticism...