PerceptionReality wrote:
However, I am getting better - I've had to develop a system of dumping someone the minute the overstep a boundary or belittle me.
When I was much younger, I ended up adopting that kid of "zero tolerance" policy. It may have been too strict at times, but it was the only way I could keep from getting deceived / used / abused.
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