Boundaries Letters
Healthy boundaries are vital to a healthy relationship.
Healthy boundaries are vital to a healthy relationship.
My Dear, I will not abide a liar. Goodbye.
FOR LOVE..... FOR LIFE... !!! * If it's a 'NO' from her end, it's a 'NO'. * If she's angry or upset, it's my responsibility to stay calm and comfort her. Even if I am broke at that time, I have to forget all my pain for some time. * No matter who starts the fight, but I will end it. Beca...
Dear, Bobby, Sorry I am expressing how I feel with the pain I have and everything else. I am a writer at heart but that's not the point ... And I understand that we are not one anymore and if you want me to step back or anything let me know .. and I am sorry that you are going thought a lot ri...
Dear Friend, Former Crush (mutual) Damn, I wish I had just remained a mystery to you and I'm sure you feel the same. I wish I hadn't been so eager to talk to you that day I hadn't seen you in almost 2 years. Wish we had not exchanged phone numbers or that I texted you a month later. All I said...
I met and fell in love with a guy who I later found out was involved with someone else. I continued the relationship despite him being taken. He says he loves me, yet is staying with her. Saying that he feels obligated to. Even though he’s very unhappy. I feel broken without him. When she found o...
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Dear Mom, You are the stupidest person I know and a liar. I try to avoid saying I love you on phone calls because I don’t feel love for you anymore. I only allow you to talk to me because you pay my phone bill. You’re so capricious. You think you know my life better than I know myself. I truly be...
Dear Potential Life Partner, After I graduated college, back in 1996, I would go down to Manhattan twice a month by taking the train from the suburbs. I would go to a gay bar. I was somewhat depressed at the time being that I just finished college, and I didn't know what my place in the world wou...
Dear Former Friend, I’m still thinking, and let’s face it, laughing, about the “scathing tell off“ you felt compelled to post the other day. I actually screen-shot it and sent it to a few of your former and my continued friends, and on reflection of conversations with them, I guess I owe you an a...
Dear Dad, There’s so much that I want to say, but I don’t know where to start. I’m sure you have been wondering why I have been so distant the last several months and I have been wanting to reach out and tell you, but I’ve never really known how. You see ever since you have mended your relationsh...
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I'm easy to score, you don't need to say you love me for me to say that I'm yours. I'm kinda cheesy, I'll write you a poem that's way too long to read so I send it in sections. I'm kinda crazy, I want to know more about you, so I write 40 questions to ask you when you spend time with me. You don'...
To My Husband, Before your second Father’s Day and on our anniversary weekend, Honestly, I can’t even figure out how to start this letter, much less when I’m going to end up writing by the end. The last year and nobody could’ve predicted but you know in a way the emotional dynamics are not far of...
To My Father, When I was a young child I truly believed you loved me and we shared a special father-daughter bond. As I got older I began to question the true intentions of why you ignored my sisters and openly admitted I was your favorite. You were manipulating me into thinking I was special to ...
Dear Once Fiancé, I hope this letter finds you well. Isn’t that how all correspondence between people who haven’t spoken in a while is supposed to start out? I guess I don’t though. Because what kind of person invites her ex-fiancé to their wedding? Dear Fiancé, I hope this letter finds you ill. ...
Dear Dad, remember in my teenage years when my window would always be cracked and I always said it was because I just wanted fresh air? Well also about why the screen was off or damaged or generally bent also? I have a confession, after all these years to make. I don't know if you knew I was not ...
To My Mother, I hold a lot of pain and resentment towards you. More than you can imagine. I know that you are mentally ill and you could never possibly understand my pain. I wish I could tell you how I feel. I know that you are mentally ill and you could never possibly understand my pain. I wish ...
Dear Stepmother, I never wanted you to marry my father. He deserved so much better than you. When you came into our life, I would have done anything to keep you away from my home. Do you remember the day your car wouldn't start? I knew that you would get fired if you were late even one more time....
Dear Friend, It's been a while since we last spoke. I hope all is well with you and the family. I do know it hasn't been easy during this period of corona which has hit the world for more than five months now. I write you this letter to also share my experiences of my struggle with the coronaviru...
Ex-Boyfriend, I still think about you a lot. I wish that I didn't think about you at all. You really hurt me. But I still wonder about you a lot. I wonder what you're up to, I wonder if you're still at that same job. I wonder who you're friends with anymore. I wonder if you are dating anyone. I w...
Dear My Boyfriend's Son, I wanted to discuss with you the reasons I looked through your phone without asking your permission first. I was terribly concerned about what was happening underneath my roof in my home and needed to protect my property. It was wrong of me to not trust you but I felt you...
Dear Dad, I have always wondered - why did you leave mom when she got pregnant? At first, I thought maybe we both weren't enough for you or that the thought of us and a family just didn't make you happy. Growing up I have always needed someone by my side and neither you nor mom were there. I k...
Dear Brother, You may not know it, but I think about you every day. I miss you so much! It hurts to now that you are out there alone and that fact eats at me a lot. Please know that we are pulling for you, but on the same hand we have done almost all that we can to help you. Not to make you fe...
Dear People Who I Can’t understand, I feel like I have to make an effort to get to know you, but in reality Just want to deny you. Maybe it’s my brain telling me to back off, this dangerous feeling, or it’s just me running away from myself. In this world, everyone strives to understand themse...
Dear Mom, I have so many things to say to you I know not where to begin. I would like, if you are willing, to let me put all my thoughts into parts. Let us consider this “Part I” About a week ago, you wrote me a letter, and I have yet to formally respond to that. Before I address any part ...
My Dear Sis, I think that even though we were brought up in the same house, our views are so different. There are differences between competition outside and inside the family. I wonder why you would want to compete with family members. Why can’t you just find outsiders to compete with? I wan...
Dear Mom, Growing up, and even now in my adult years, I am trying to figure out what I have done so wrong. You have always treated me like any decision I ever made was bad. You told my children that I shouldn't be their mother, all because I worked full time. Now that I am an adult, it makes ...
Dear First Love, I wanted to apologize, so I’m doing so now. This letter that you’ll never receive, an apology for what I did. Although I should talk to you, I won’t, because, if I hurt you, you did hurt me more. However, this is not a letter about what you did or what you did not, but about y...
Hey...A man's anger and a woman's love is immeasurable. It took some time for me to realize that I really hurt you and I can understand, by my heart, its extent. Even at that haunted time I failed to recognize tears at the corner of your eyes, that was bursting due to my behaviour at that time. I...
Dear Future Husband, First off, I'm very excited to get to meet you someday! I have a lot of things I want to tell you, but I'm not sure how you'll react to some of it. At this point in my life, I have some big plans and even bigger dreams. I'm sure there are a lot of women out there who would be...
Dear Sister, I am so sorry I have left you to deal with our parents all alone. It’s not fair we have to deal with their dysfunction and drama, but it is even worse I have removed myself from it knowing you cannot. I don't know how I am supposed to balance those things. If you are angry at me, I u...
Dear ex-friend, I do not think of you often, but when I do I am consumed with feelings of anger, hurt, and betrayal. You lied to me and you treated me as if I was the one to blame for your actions. I do not blame you completely for the destruction of my marriage, but you were the beginning of the...
Dear old friend, I still think about you from time to time. I know we had a lot of history. At some point we were best friends! Oh how time flew. I have a lot of resentment. The last time we spoke was bittersweet. And though I initially intended to remain in contact with you… Perhaps it was b...
To my former girlfriend of 10 years, I'm writing this letter to let you know why I am going "No Contact" with you during this Covid-19 pandemic. You discarded me ten months ago after being together for 10 years. At the snap of your fingers, you were done with me and moved out. Up until the pandem...
To My dearest friend, I wanted to let you know how I feel. You were one of my best friends growing up. Your family was like my family and my family like yours. I was so thankful to have a friend being the only black student at the school. You never made me feel different and always made me feel n...
DEAR LOVELY PERSON, MEETING YOU HAS BEEN AN EXCITING TIME IN MY LIFE. I WAS LOST IN WHAT LOVE WAS. I WAS SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO ALTHOUGH I ALREADY HAD A CONNECTION WITH, WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT WE HAVE. THE BEGINNING WAS LIKE I WAS ON CLOUD NINE, FLOATING IN HEARTS AND SUGAR. WE LAUGHED, T...
TO MY BEST FRIEND, I REALLY HATE IT HERE. I KNOW I WAS DOING A GOOD DEED BY AGREEING TO COME HERE, AND I DON'T REGRET THAT ASPECT OF IT, AN ACT OF KINDNESS FOR SOMEONE ELSE, BUT THAT DEED IS DONE NOW. IT'S OVER, AND NOW THAT I'M ACING THE PERMANENCE Of MY LIFE NOW, THE SHEER KNOWLEDGE THAT BY COM...
Dear Love, I know it has been a year since we last spoke but I still think of you every day. I think every day about how things could have been different so that we could have stayed together. I always think about the good times that we had, but then it always goes back to the time it went downhi...
Dear Sweetheart, who would have ever believed that we would be in the situation we're in now? If you'd have asked me six months ago I would have told you that you were crazy. When this started, I had no idea it would turn out like this! I feel that we are very blessed during this time since we ca...
Dear Mother, When I was a child I remember you being attentive. There were problems, but you tried. Something changed when I turned 16. You started going out more and acted like the teenager I was supposed to be. There were things you told me I should not have known. You started treating me li...
To My Ex-Girlfriend, Why do you continue to call me? It has almost been 10 years since you last broke up with me. It's hard to believe really. Yet, just about every year you feel the desire to contact me. I still love you, but sometimes I wish I didn't. I don't think you realize, or understan...
Dear Mama Let me first begin by saying, "I do love you." I just prefer to love you from afar now because I need to protect my sanity and inner peace. I do not like the person I become when I am around you. Because I choose to respect you while shunning your toxic behaviors, I keep my mouth qui...
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What’s more, socializing with friends and family is harder because everyone has different comfort levels, and expectations vary when hanging out in a pandemic. If you feel like you’re drowning in work, exhausted at home, or experiencing more anger and anxiety in your relationships than ever before, you may need to take care of your emotional well-being by practicing boundary setting.
Unfortunately, setting boundaries in relationships may not be as straightforward because we often associate relationships with an idealistic open space, where we are both allowed to be open and honest with each other. I agree that being free and open with your spouse, friends, and families is crucial.
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