My best friend and I have been close for years but lately I've realized I say yes to everything they ask even when it drains me, and I don't think they know how much I've been struggling because I've never learned how to say no without feeling like I'm being a bad friend. We both care about each other but I think our friendship has become unbalanced in ways neither of us intended.
More people experience this than they realize.
A friendship has developed patterns of giving and receiving that leave one person depleted, but the imbalance has become so normalized that addressing it feels like betraying the relationship itself.
“Where Are You with Boundaries in Love?”
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