This is a common issue. Many people around me seem to believe that once you’ve got yourself a partner it’s ‘wiser’ to limit your friendship with member of the opposite sex. Suppose that your partner don’t like how close you are to your opposite-sex friends (while you’re just being friendly like usual with them) and tell you to limit/not socialize with them anymore will you heed their demand?

Suppose that you know your partner is a passive-aggressive person and they tell you that if you don’t heed their advise they can turn the table to you to make you feel how it feels like being in their shoes. He (or she) said “Oh so you still want to be nice with Mr. X, Okay, you know what? Ms. C has been pretty friendly with me in the office, maybe I should enjoy her hospitality a bit more next time. See how you’ll feel about that”. How would you deal with this situation? Will you give in to their demand? People seem to think such a thing is a reasonable demand.

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