Status Updates From Boundaries in Dating: How H...

IT IS HARD TO BE HONEST especially in conflict. you don’t want to be a burden or seem like you’re nagging but those things build up!!! you can learn so much in the disagreements about the person you’re with but also by being dishonest about things you’re bothered by builds the relationship on a false sense of security and closeness. HONESTY OVER CONFLICT AND HURT CREATES INTIMACY

“it is one thing to have loved and lost. it is another thing to have loved and been lied to” when you find out about lies it makes you question the entire relationship, what other things have they lied about.. are they telling me the full truth. after that trust is broken it is hard to get it back. look at page 40-41 and the example of the girl “once the pattern of deception is begun trust is difficult to re-

chapter 2: this chapter focused on deception. this chapter struck something within me given what happened during spring break but i’m glad to be convicted the author describes it as standing on quicksand saying: when you are with someone who is deceptive you never know what reality is you are not standing on firm ground and the ground can shift at any moment