Dignity in a friendship or relationship means...

Personal limits in a friendship or relationship....

Maintaining individuality means that my friends and I......

Personal standards are....

An example of how people can value your boundaries are.....

How should you respond to someone not respecting your boundaries?

Jake and Luke don’t always have the same interests, so they often take turns deciding what to do. They both listen to each other and help each other out when they need it. Sometimes they get annoyed with each other and aren’t respectful, but they both end up apologizing.

Mary and Kerry often have fun together, but only if Kerry is the one in charge and Mary lets her decide what to do. Kerry often asks favors of Mary and makes her feel rude if she says no, but she rarely returns favors. If Mary ever doesn’t let Kerry get her way, Kerry gets other people to be mad at Mary. Mary tries to keep Kerry happy and often feels drained after spending time with her.

Ally often does things without asking Hannah, like borrowing clothes, or volunteering Hannah to do things. Recently, she signed up Hannah to have a volunteer role in the school play Ally is starring in, even though Hannah hates performing in front of large groups.

When she showed up to a rehearsal, a few people made comments to Hannah about how she had a crush on another person in the play. Hannah had told Ally that in private and really didn’t want people to know.

Ally showed up at Hannah’s house a few days before the performance and handed her some sewing supplies and material and asked her to finish her costume for her, and then left. Hannah was busy with her own things and didn’t have time, but felt it was out of her control. Most of Ally’s other friends have fallen away since she’s started hanging out with Hannah.

Jen and Lee have been friends for a while, but Jen never quite knows where she stands with him. Sometimes he gives her attention and spends a lot of time with her, but then other times he’ll completely ignore her and she doesn’t know why.

Sometimes he thinks Jen’s jokes are funny and other times he’ll get mad and tell her not to tell jokes. Jen is always trying to guess how she can act each day that will make Lee happy with her.

When he’s nice and spends time with her, she loves it, but she just never knows what to expect.

Kara and Lacey trust each other. While they each sometimes have bad days, they know they can rely on the other to be their friend when they need it. They don’t always get along perfectly, but if they are upset with each other, they let the other person know why instead of making them guess what’s wrong.

Cally and Liza are very different, but they still feel comfortable around each other and that they can just be themselves, even when they have different opinions. Cally is really into sports and Liza is more into music, but they don’t make the other person feel like they need to change and be more like them.

Sometimes they wish they could change something about the other person. For instance, Cally wishes Liza weren’t always late to everything, and Liza wishes Cally were more organized. When they talk about these kinds of problems, they both still feel accepted.