(This was written as a journal entry some time ago and is somewhat rambling and convoluted.)
Where do you draw the line between being there for someone and letting them take advantage of you?
I have been getting better over the years at doing this. Getting away from the people who knew the older (actually, younger!) me helped; and new relationships I forge are based more on mutual respect. This means usually that intimacy develops far more slowly. That there's less dependence, less exposing one's vulnerabilities. But I have the Guy for all that.
And really, apart from with the Guy, when did I have that anyway?
Where do you draw the line between being there for someone and letting them take advantage of you?
I have been getting better over the years at doing this. Getting away from the people who knew the older (actually, younger!) me helped; and new relationships I forge are based more on mutual respect. This means usually that intimacy develops far more slowly. That there's less dependence, less exposing one's vulnerabilities. But I have the Guy for all that.
And really, apart from with the Guy, when did I have that anyway?