Boundaries and Relationships
This week in class we talked a lot about the family and the different roles that families should have. My teacher talked a lot about how a husband and wife should be able to be one with each other. The wife or the husband shouldn’t be going and talking to their friends or family about issues that are happening in there home. I found this really interesting because my roommate has been in this situation within her own family. Her mom is constantly calling her complaining about her own Dad and the things he is doing. This puts her in a really awkward situation because she wants to help her mom and be there for her but at the same time she is talking about her Dad who she loves and respects. Eventually my roommate had to say “Hey Mom I love you and I want to be here for you but I don’t think you realize they way you are talking about Dad hurts me. It hurts me because I love him just as much as I love you but I can’t fix your problems and I don’t think you should expect me to” This coincid...