One of the greatest challenges with drawing boundaries is becoming comfortable with being misunderstood. When you go round and round with someone, getting sucked into trying to make them understand your motives and agree with your decision, you are crossing that boundary—across the line that separates you from them—by trying to control things you can’t, which, in this case, is another person’s emotions and perspectives. Just allowing that another person can have a different reality than yours is one of the most boundaried things you can do.
