Relationship Lab — Ten Scenarios

1. A close friend has not reciprocated the care you've been giving the friendship for two years. How do you address it?
2. Your partner raises, in the middle of an argument, something you told them in confidence about a past experience. What happens and what do you do?
3. A family member makes a comment at a gathering implying disrespect for your life choices. Others are present. What do you do?
4. You realise you have been consistently unkind to someone who matters to you — through accumulated small dismissals. What do you do?
5. A colleague you've had a difficult relationship with comes to you in genuine distress. Your history makes warmth difficult. What happens?
6. Someone you trusted shares information you told them in confidence with a third party. You find out. How do you navigate it?
7. You are in a relationship where you are consistently making yourself smaller to accommodate the other person's needs. What changes?
8. An important relationship ends — not through betrayal, but through natural drift. How do you close it with integrity?
9. You find yourself deeply attracted to someone who is unavailable. The attraction is affecting your judgement. How do you navigate this?
10. Someone important to you needs something from you that you genuinely cannot give right now. How do you handle it?