Dating and rideshares About 1 minuteSkill: Recognizing refusal-discountingBuild confidence
The boundary that got laughed off
You set a boundary. They laugh, minimize it, call you uptight. The smile is trying to dissolve it.
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The setup
You set a boundary — about touch, about how much you're drinking, about where you want to go, about privacy. The other person laughs. 'You're so serious.' 'Don't be like that.' 'You're overreacting.' The boundary's still there. So is the smile that's trying to dissolve it.
What changed?