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Here's a helpful suggestion. Act as if everything you write, say or do will find its way into an affidavit. | Here's a helpful suggestion. Act as if everything you write, say or do will find its way into an affidavit. | ||
The behaviour we've just talked about is the sort of behaviour that will make any court proceedings you're involved in worse, or increase the likelihood that you'll be going to court if court proceedings haven't yet started. A lot of these behaviours have the potential to get you into trouble with the police as well. The ''[http://canlii.ca/t/7vf2 Criminal Code]'' has provisions that make all sorts of misbehaviour potential criminal offences, including assault, battery, unlawful confinement, intimidation, threatening, criminal harassment and trespass. | |||
==Respecting boundaries, respecting privacy== | |||
Part of what's going on when a long-term romantic relationship ends is the redefinition of the personal relationship between the people involved in the romantic relationship. People who were once lovers and confidants must, especially if they have children, find a way to work together in a more business-like relationship with no presumptions of intimacy, trust or altruistic sacrifice. The differences in these two types of relationships are largely about real and anticipated boundaries. | |||
Of course, problems can come up when our expectations of each other's boundaries don't quite match. | |||