I (22F) Don't Know How To Proceed With My Relationship With My Brother (25M) & Mother (48F)

But a minute ago the boundaries were to be placed on other people? Shall we refer back to your comment where you told me to place boundaries on who can see my daughter?

It's nuanced and I made the mistake of assuming you knew what boundaries are since you mentioned them.

E.g. I mentioned I put boundaries in place with my dad. What I did was explain to him what I will not tolerate and how I will enforce those boundaries. I told him I won't tolerate XYZ, and if you do XYZ I'll give you a warning "boundaries", if you don't immediately cease XYZ I will immediately escalate the situation and calmly call you out in front of everyone exposing how malicious you are being.

I don't recommend you use this enforcement method, it's a particular one I soley reserve for my dad. My usually stage after the warning is to calmly get up and leave. That's ne enforcing the rule on myself not to tolerate being treated a certain way.

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