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Whats the best way to deal with someone who can take no for an answer?

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Emily Hockett Posted

Whats the best way to deal with someone who can take no for an answer?

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Tina Vesper

Q: What’s the best way to deal with someone who can’t take no for an answer?

We are each entitled to set our own boundaries for our comfort and safety. Some people are not taught to honor boundaries. Some people are only concerned with what they want, now how you feel.

First and foremost, make sure you are safe, physically and emotionally. If someone is hurting you or you think they could hurt you, do not put yourself in harms way. Tell someone and do not be alone with them.

Second, if it is something illegal, remember that YOU are responsible for yourself. You do not need to lose your freedom over someone else.

If you are not in danger, decide what YOU are comfortable with and communicate that. If someone does not understand then they need to learn, or find another friend. If someone cares about you they will honor your boundaries.

The best way to deal with someone who doesn’t take NO for an answer is to know what you want, communicate it, and do not be pressured into pleasing them. You may feel bad for losing their attention now but over time you will attract people who accept you for who you are and what you want.

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Beverly Bowman Andrew Arst deleted comment

The best way to deal with someone who doesn’t take any for an answer is to not deal with them at all. Shut them down. Cut off all communication.

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Andrew Arst

Beverly,

That’s not an option sometimes. My fiancee is planning our wedding now and every time I try to help somehow, she just rejects all my ideas and does everything as she wants to. But I am totally OK with that. I don’t really care much about the wedding itself and she does so I let her do whatever she wants.

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Andrew, here is a little tip for you, you don’t have to actually do something to help your fiancee, you can just to show her some useful web resources like <a href=”https://www.weddingforward.com/love-songs-for-him/”>https://www.weddingforward.com/love-songs-for-him/</a> , that’s much easier to plan the wedding when you have a place where you can look for some ideas.

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Mark Towers-2

Andrew, here is a little tip for you, you don’t have to actually do something to help your fiancee, you can just to show her some useful web resources like https://www.weddingforward.com/love-songs-for-him/ , that’s much easier to plan the wedding when you have a place where you can look for some ideas.

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