Quote from a post by @oldmanofthesea from What's your biggest lesson but I dont understand that one. Started a new thread since I didnt want to clutter the other one. Nice post and thread, check them out later.If something bothers you and you express it by setting a boundary, you do not engage in an argument if she pushes back and tells you that your concern is unwarranted, unfair, or anything else. You SHOULD absolutely listen to her, and evaluate what she says, and you may choose to change your mind if what she tells you really does convince you that you missed something in your thinking, but ultimately you have to understand that you are the decision maker and if she doesn't agree with your decision, that's her problem.
Lets take an example and say my boundary is that my girl cant go to a club by herself and she starts saying "its not fair, you cant be controling like that, I want to go my girlfriend is having her birthday, we dont go out much" and bombards me with 20 more "arguments" that sound really plausible in the moment, but in your mind you know she just tells you that to get her way. Like, how do I put this, I feel there is a risk of getting overwhelmed by the woman (in the moment) and start doubting your own boundaries if one opens the front gate of the castle. One should have a titanium frame to be able to do this.
Then there is also a problem of backtracking on a boundary if you realise that it was harsh or whatever, how would one execute that? For me it seems that this backtracking can show weaknes and invite more bondary testing on her part if not done correctly.
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