So, you decide in order to continue to keep this level of access to each other’s tender concerns, ground rules need to be established so you each know how to be responsible and caring toward the other. You might say, “In order for us to stay in this conversation, we need to agree not to attack each other, raise our voices, get defensive, or bring up other grievances or topics that aren’t related to the discussion at hand. If any of these occur, we will have to pause the conversation and try again at another set time. For both our sakes, I am unwilling to move forward in a conversation that
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