11th house people are very different even than those in their family. They can be outcasted. They tend to really want to make changes for others not themselves. They can be great educators but their ideas may bring controversy or criticism from more traditional thinkers.
Nobody has ever taught them that what they’re receiving isn’t ordinary. It’s a privilege. They’re fortunate and lucky. They should be appreciative because not everybody would continue giving at the level you’ve been giving. Healthy relationships adapt when boundaries are introduced while unhealthy relationships resist them.
If somebody becomes angry, defensive, manipulative or starts guilt tripping you because you’ve introduced a healthy limit, they’re showing you they benefited from you having no boundaries which means, the relationship has been built around your self sacrifice instead of mutual respect.
Some people don’t associate love with respect. They associate love with sacrifice. If you’re sacrificing for them, they feel loved. If you’re inconveniencing yourself for them, they feel important. If you’re constantly available, they believe that’s what closeness looks like. So when you stop sacrificing yourself, they mistakenly assume you’ve stopped caring. It’s an unhealthy way to experience relationships because it teaches people to measure love by how much somebody is willing to abandon themselves. Over time, people like this become so accustomed to receiving from you that they stop noticing how much they’re actually asking for.
A healthy person would probably think, “they’ve done so much for me. They deserve to rest. I appreciate everything they’ve given. Maybe it’s my turn to adjust.” Or they simply respect the boundary because they understand that caring about somebody also means respecting their limits. But somebody who has become entitled to your access often interprets your boundary differently. They experience it as rejection, abandonment, or being attacked. Like you’ve become selfish or uncaring as it interrupts the dynamic they’ve become comfortable benefiting from. They’re so used to hearing yes that your first no feels offensive.
They were never taught that they’re not entitled to other people’s attention or how to tolerate disappointment or accept the word “no.” So they grow into adults that expect unlimited access to people without even realising how unreasonable that expectation actually is. They haven’t learned how to see people’s value, appreciate people’s value or respect people’s value. They see your presence as an entitlement rather than a privilege. They’ve always been able to get what they want out of people. People have always bent, sacrificed, accommodated and made room for them. So that’s the baseline they’re working from. They genuinely believe this is what healthy relationships look like.
Some people don’t realise they’ve crossed your boundaries because nobody has ever held them accountable for doing it before.
They expect unlimited access to you because they’ve grown up spoiled. Spoiled doesn’t necessarily mean they grew up with a lot of money or material things. It can be that nobody ever said no, or disciplined them, challenged them or taught them that the world doesn’t revolve around them. They weren’t taught that other people’s time, energy, effort and emotional availability are limited resources, not endless supplies that exist for their benefit.
This is a complete social disaster. Caused partly by housing costs and partly by general arrested development
We can’t let ourselves turn into a nation of 30 year old men still living with mommy
right-wing men view women as private property; left-wing men view women as public property.
this was a rough discovery as someone who was raised on the right-wing and inherently trusted progressive men.
Release it. Release it all. Stop fucking around and release this shit already. The fuck is wrong with anyone holding on to this stuff and NOT releasing it??
Do not live with your parents for long periods of time in your twenties. Get five roommates, rent the space under the stairs, whatever you have to do. Anything is better than moving home.