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When friends won't respect your boundaries about the past

My childhood friend keeps bringing up embarrassing stories from when we were kids and I've asked her to stop but she says I'm being too sensitive and taking things too seriously.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The inability to honor a friend's growth and changed boundaries reveals a commitment to old dynamics over current respect.

Ideas that help explain it
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