Relationships
What is a relationship?
An emotional connection between two people.
What are boundaries?
Guidelines you communicate to others to help you feel comfortable and safe.
Why is communication important in relationships?
So you're on the same page, show respects, avoids conflict/drama, allows you to work through disagreements in a healthy way.
You are out of town with your family and your friend keeps calling you back to back. They are convinced you are ignoring them on purpose and keeps calling. Is this healthy or unhealthy?
Unhealthy
To ghost someone or break up with someone over text?
Nope; you need to communicate.
What's a relationship green flag?
Everyone has the same boundaries and that's how you know how to treat others.
FALSE
What is an anger management skill?
Deep breathing, walking away, counting to 10, stress ball, using "I" statements
Wanda found some questionable texts on her friend's phone. She decides to wait until she calms down to ask her about it.
Healthy
Ask someone to send you an intimate image?
Nope
What are some signs you are in a healthy relationship?
Communication, respect, trust, affection, can be yourself, conflict resolution
You're in class and someone you're friends with starts pressing about how your weekend was and what you did and doesn't let up, even when you try to brush them off. Why is this an example of an unhealthy boundary?
Everyone has a right to share or not share their personal life and experiences.
This person is being invasive.
What are some unhealthy communication skills?
Yelling, name calling/blaming, ignoring, giving in, never giving in, not listening, playing victim, violence, threatening
Lydia is very popular and makes her "friend" carry her books, bag, and tells her friends what to do.
Is this a healthy friendship?
Unhealthy
To share another's personal information with friends?
Absolutely not
What are some signs you are in an unhealthy relationship?
Fear, lack of communication, lying, manipulation, hiding your feelings/emotions, giving more
Your date pressured you into kissing them even though if no kissing was one of your boundaries, but you think its ok because they said they might love you.
NOPE!!
What are healthy communication skills?
Calm/even tone, using "I" statements, compromise, dealing with conflict, listening, talking about boundaries
You found out your friend's partner isn't treating them with love/respect. How do you provide help/support for someone in an unhealthy relationship?
Tell them they deserve to be treated with love/respect, listen to them, support them and encourage them to talk to a professional
To ask a person on your softball league on a date after knowing them for a few months?
Do they seem interested?
What are some things you can do to form new relationships?
Clubs/activities, new hobbies, new friendship groups...
There's a new team mate and they have made it clear they are not interesting in dating anyone. You decide to keep asking them out anyways because you really like them. What are you doing?
Harassing them. You are also ignoring their boundaries and disrespecting them.
Sam and Toby are getting to know one another. What kinds of things should they be discussing?
"Small" Talk topics, start establishing boundaries
Kyle and Chris have been together for just a few weeks and Kyle wants to take things slow. Chris would be comfortable with a faster pace and checks in occasionally to see where Kyle is and expressing their desire to be more official.
Healthy
For someone to get mad and threaten you once you've set a boundary?
Nope. In a healthy relationship, people can manage their emotions and know how to calm themselves down.