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Old 10-10-2013, 08:17 AM
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Celticgirl, boundaries like you gave him are not to punish him---but, to detangle you. Giving him the cold, silent treatment won't accomplish anything, in my opinion.

I'm guessing that his "making nice" is so that you will return to the old status-quo. Maybe he is sorry, right now--but sorry isn't enough to make changes. It takes sustained action to make changes.

You might communicate to him that you no longer listen to words--you look for actions.

"Say what you mean; mean what you say; but, don't say it mean."

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