kraftiekortie wrote:
I feel the same way.
I would like to have a quiet life, too.
Fortunately, people sense that I sort of want to be left alone, so they don't bother me too much. I'm friendly to them, they are friendly to me----but the relationship is rather superficial.
I think you have a good point about people sensing you want to be left alone and keeping things superficial.
Boundaries worried me most when I was at work, or in any environment where I was forced to be there e.g. on a course, at the bank etc.
Work colleagues were always, always pushing at my boundaries. I had to be 100% 'on' all the time to prevent them walking all over me. And then there was the journey home on public transport with people pushing at my boundaries. So very, very tiring.
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