I have family I do not associate with as well and wouldn't expect a partner to. But if I was willing to leave my (hypothetical) kids there to visit, it would be weird for my partner to never interact with them. Cutting someone off entirely is different.
Ooh this is a really important one and something I think gets overlooked a lot. People get so comfortable that they assume their appreciation is already known.
I think #1 is quite weird. What will they do when their kids want to see their extended family? If you can't stand someone's family, consider this: they raised the person you want to spend your life with.
I really don't think it's healthy to forbid someone to make friends of a gender that you believe they could be attracted to. That sounds like insecurity to me. I also think it would be humiliating to both of us if my partner were to tell someone he wasn't allowed to be friends with…Â
I really appreciate number 28. Calling someone a nasty name that you have already associated with an abuser can paint that person as similar to the actual abuser, in turn bringing up pain that no one should ever have been exposed to.
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