barely holding on - 7

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Thanks - I totally get it would be DB to do that. I have tried that for long periods before and she becomes friendlier. She would like if I communicated with her more.

I agree that she may care more about me if I did this (and she really does act like she cares about me). But it is has not so far moved her to decide to end the A.

I do not ignore her or walk away from her when she is talking, but I do not respond with much. I have not been offering any stories of my own and only answering her questions with very short answers.

I can be her friend and talk to her more, but she is continuing to disregard my values and boundaries. The communication seems to just smooth things out and make her time at home easier which then makes her time with him easier and less of a problem for her.

I do not really know how to enforce my boundaries and still communicate this way.