Don't
Touch
Me.

Writing about personal space in the places it most often gets ignored: at work, at family gatherings, and around children who are still figuring out where the lines are, or whose lines have been crossed by the adults in the room.

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This isn't a self-help resource. It doesn't have worksheets or a five-step process. It's practical writing from someone who has spent time in offices where boundaries were an afterthought and at holiday dinners where "just give her a hug" was treated as a reasonable instruction. The goal is to think clearly about situations that most people find awkward to name, let alone handle.

What this covers

At work

The shoulder pat, the too-close hover, the hug hello that wasn't offered. Workplace situations where personal space gets rationalized away, and what it looks like to push back without making it a thing.

Family & gatherings

The aunt who insists. The cousin who doesn't read cues. The general assumption that family closeness is owed rather than earned. These dynamics are real and they repeat, often across generations.

Children

Kids who haven't learned to respect others' space, and kids whose own space isn't being respected by adults. Both situations. What happens when adults model that consent is optional, and what it takes to change that.

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