What's going on, Man Talks tribe.

Connor Beaton here, the founder and host of Mantox.

And today on this quick little mini episode, we're going to dive into a pretty great topic around relationships.

Now, this has to do with not just your intimate relationships, although I'm going to take the approach and the example of your intimate relationships.

But it's also relevant for your

friendships, your family, and especially within the work environment. So we're going to dive into,

we're going to talk today a little bit about boundaries within relationship dynamics. And we're

going to talk specifically about the, you know, the difference between requirements and requests. And why this is so important,

because in all of the work that I do with couples and with all the guys that I've worked with

around North America, what I see predominantly breaking down within relationships, specifically,

is when boundaries are broken, right? So most people come to,

you know, come into a sort of like a coaching environment where they're having relationship

breakdowns or, you know, a guy will come to me and say, hey, like me and my partner, we're

really struggling right now and I don't know what's going on, but it seems like there's a

communication. There's something wrong with our communication. And after digging a little bit deeper, yes, it's about the

communication, but what's actually being broken and what's actually being overstepped and what's

actually wrong in the scenario is that there are boundaries that are being overstepped. So it's

not just about the communication, but the piece behind

that is deeper is that the boundary is being broken or crossed, and that's what the actual problem is.

So let's dive into this, because there's a distinction that I want to make between requirements

and requests. And another way that I like to put this is requirements, think of requirements as

non-negotiables and requests, think of requirements as non-negotiables

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