Yeah, but that's still irrelevant. The question is about being polite to his neighbor. There are aspects of married relationships which prioritize your spouse above others, but there's nothing that says that's "polite" to the other person. — lead24 secs ago
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It would be better readable with fake names instead of single letters, in my opinion. E. g. P = Bob, T = Alice, and Y could just be called Bob's girlfriend. — Anne Daunted20 secs ago
@AnneDaunted I intended to do that. I placed in initials as post markers so I wouldn’t get fake names mixed up, and forgot to replace them. Thanks, gimme a sec. — Imperator1 min ago
Hey @DeepSpace Can you read the three comments before yours? Please, don't use comments for answers. If you want to write an answer, write one as an answer. If you can not due to rep, please don't clutter up the comments with it. — Catija ♦6 secs ago
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The OP might get into a more awkward and uncomfortable position for no reason by telling Mary about this. What if Mary has decided to not let Alice pressure her either? We don't know how Mary has been handling Bruce or Alice. Also, the OP is asking how to make Bruce stop a behavior. Perhaps you could elaborate more about how skipping talking to Bruce is a better approach. — Tycho's Nosejust now
Can you please explain exactly why you think that this is a good idea? Why do you say to take this course of action? What’s the thought process behind this answer? As this currently stands, this is essentially a “Try this!” answer, which are not considered to conform to our quality standards on Interpersonal Skills Stack Exchange. — Arwen Undómiel30 secs ago
@Magicsowon if you think moderators are out of control, contact SE by using the contact button on the bottom of each page. We don't generally answer very off-topic questions, but close them. With reputation comes responsibility, and Catija was very right calling you out on that. Take it to meta if you will, but I don't suppose you'll find a lot of support there if you first go round bashing moderators in public! — Tinkeringbell51 secs ago
Welcome to Interpersonal Skills! Can you please explain exactly why you think that this is a good idea? Why do you say to take this course of action? What’s the thought process behind this answer? As this currently stands, this is essentially a “Try this!” answer, which are not considered to conform to our quality standards on Interpersonal Skills Stack Exchange. — Arwen Undómiel1 min ago
Welcome! Can you add any detail about why you do want to approach them? Also, is there a reason you think that either common friends or a common subject of study are necessary to reach out to someone new? — Catija ♦1 min ago
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Just to mention another possibility: Some OP's may have the intention of writing an answer to their own question and so "save" their research for that one. There seems to be at least one example of a question and a self-answer and the assumed intention (note the time stamps). — Anne Dauntedyesterday
I don't know where you're getting at, but the fact that it never arose in the 6 months IPS is up is a worthless argument. If everything were to be encountered before now, IPS would be graduated or closed. — Tinkeringbellyesterday
That would exactly be my answer. Get it out. Nothing is escalated, quite to the contrary: A clear boundary has been drawn, to end escalation right there. By the way, I would not yell but I would use bold face. "Do not ever touch any of my stuff again. Never." Talk to her like you would to a child. If she doesn't look at you properly ask her to look at you because you have something important to say. When you are done, ask for confirmation that she understood properly. — Peter A. Schneider1 min ago
Just for the record, Laura was never worried that Anna might be in any way mistreating my son, Laura even praised Anna to her sister (something I've heard by accident) for her approach to Steve, based on Anna's professional experience. — Yasskier49 secs ago
