#boundaries
22 stories
Doors and Wellbeing: Symbolic Boundaries
How doors shape mental health through boundaries and protection.
Wellbeing Magazine · 1m
What Counts as Cheating in a Relationship
Cheating definitions vary by relationship boundaries, not universal rules.
Cosmopolitan · 1m
How to Turn Down Sex Without Rejection
Say 'not tonight' without making your partner feel rejected.
Cosmopolitan · 1m
Women who inspire respect without loud voices use these 4 phrases
4 phrases build respect without shouting
Psychologies · 1m
Why this mom closes her bedroom door
A mother of four kids and four dogs explains why her closed bedroom door is non-negotiable.
Business Insider · 1m
Can I Be a Great Aunt Without Forgiving My Sister?
A woman weighs whether to repair her fractured relationship with her sister to stay close to her new niece.
Slate Magazine · 2m
How to support someone facing addiction
Practical ways to help a loved one struggling with substance use or addictive behaviour.
Wellbeing Magazine · 2m
Dear Abby: Setting boundaries with neighbors who judge your family
A lesbian couple navigates how to decline playdates with neighbors whose church condemns LGBTQ people.
New York Post · 1m
When a friend's drama takes over your group
A prayer circle struggles when one member keeps venting about another friend's anger issues instead of focusing on their actual purpose.
New York Post · 1m · 7 views
The camping trips that nobody talks about
A man receives sexual favors from his friend during camping trips, but they've never discussed it. Should he speak up?
Slate Magazine · 1m
Five tween boys, one very introverted neighbor
A woman who freely admits she is bad with kids asks what to do when the neighborhood boys start screaming slurs at her.
Slate Magazine · 2m
Your neighbor's grill is legal. Prudie says learn to live with it
A vegan asked her neighbor to move his grill twice, he started cooking more, and Prudie sides with the barbecue.
Slate Magazine · 3m
The tiny betrayals that start affairs
A couples' therapist on micro-cheating, why it stings, and how to raise it without starting a war.
Dailymail · 3m
Why cancelled plans feel so good
That flood of relief when someone bails on you is data about your life, not a character flaw.
Psychologies · 1m
When your parents let your brother run the show
An eldest daughter watches her brother wear out her aging parents, and gets told she's the one exaggerating.
Slate Magazine · 1m
Your daughter's love life is not your emergency
A mom wants her nearly 30-year-old daughter to stop picking disasters. Prudie says the real question is what the family did next.
Slate Magazine · 2m
Three sex questions, three honest answers
A Slate advice column on raising a taboo kink, letting go of a man who vanished, and hosting an orgy without upsetting the neighbours.
Slate Magazine · 3m
The fast talker who won't let you answer
Mentalist Fabien Olicard says a manipulator gives themselves away in the first seconds of a call.
Psychologies · 1m
Giving your number with no intention of replying
Half of singles have handed over a phone number they never planned to use, and the habit finally has a name.
Psychologies · 1m
She asked us to raise her son. We said no.
A woman is called her sister's "last hope" for guardianship, and told a boy's future is on her conscience if she refuses.
Slate Magazine · 1m
The $500 dental emergency that wasn't
A rent shortfall, a lie about a tooth, and two more letters about the people who are closest to you.
Slate Magazine · 2m
Your son left his wife. You don't have to host his girlfriend
A mother of eight wants to take a stand at the holidays, and Slate's advice columnist tells her exactly how far she can go.
Slate Magazine · 2m