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Did the thing, said the stuff.
Didn't go well.
But I woke up feeling surprisingly good. Like, if that bridge now gets burnt, at least the decision to burn it will be made with full knowledge of the facts. The actual burning is out of my hands, I feel I've done my part.
@66ALW99 it sounds like you are creating boundaries with people and I know how tough that can be, I struggle with it.
@Mauve_matelot Sorta. I think the time for establishing boundaries in this case is probably gone, but it does at least seem like a step towards knowing what mine are and verbalising them. May be a bit late here, but it's probably a good habit to get into, 'cos I struggle with it too 🙂
Was slightly undermined by the fact I wrote it all out in notepad and then cut'n'pasted it into email without noticing all the weird line breaks that resulted, but still