Conversation

Going boneless in conversation is weirdly sustainable unlike the silent treatment or conscious passive aggression. So long as you don’t need the other person for psychological sustenance you can keep it up for a long time without breaking up. Some people keep it up for years.
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The trick to breaking this is to suggest a neutral higher energy activity where “no” would require an excuse like “I’m tired” that might be called out as a lie, but “yes” involves boney energizing. So forces a break or clear slip into passive aggression that they then have to own
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Refusing to match the energy level of someone without a good reason is a signal of conflict you cannot hide. Raise energy to tell your true (and/or sick) friends apart from fake (and/or faking) ones
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