The Importance of Consistent Boundaries

When people hear that it's not a kind of rejection that it's a way to sustain the relationship often the defensiveness softens. Letting boundaries slide just this once results always in manipulation and a bombardment of peer pressure to give up your boundary. We've made a boundary only works when it is consistent throughout. There's plenty of people who set a boundary with their alcoholic friend. The moment we give in to just this once we might as well throw out any accomplishment.