Corri, that's great that it worked out. Now he knows that IF he acts up again, YOU won't play golf with him anymore.
No he doesn't. That never came up. I know it. The way the conversation went, it was a heart-to-heart, no funny business kind of talk. It wasn't a lecture. He asked, I provided the information he seemed to need to make a decision.
There is no RUSHING this. There is NO ISSUE at this moment. A threat always looms. A boundary is just... there.
I know this seems like a real subtle difference, and it is. But who initiates what, and when, does make a significant difference. Especially in attitude. And as NOP always says... attitude is very important in an R.