the boundary between us

[alpacinou]

I want to say I used to be intimate with a person but no anymore.

Is this good?

I could cross the boundary between us so easily in the past. But now there is a barricade there. I feel like we are growing distant.

 

[Tarheel]

You seem to be saying there was no boundary between you and that other person, but now there is.

 

[alpacinou]

You seem to be saying there was no boundary between you and that other person, but now there is.

There was a boundary between them but because of their intimacy, they could easily cross that boundary. They are not as intimate as they used to be.

Does this whole boundary thing work?

 

[emsr2d2]

What sort of "intimate" are you talking about? Do you mean they had sex? Do you mean they were very close and could tell each other anything?

 

[alpacinou]

What sort of "intimate" are you talking about? Do you mean they had sex? Do you mean they were very close and could tell each other anything?

They were a couple. So, all of the above. But now they is an eerie distance between them.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I want to say I used to be intimate with a person but not anymore.

Is this good?

I could cross the boundary between us so easily in the past. But now there is a barricade there. I feel like we are growing distant.

It's a little confusing, because a boundary is a kind of barrier. So it would make more sense if you didn't say there had been any boundary to cross.

Or, if there was a boundary that you crossed easily, you need to explain what it was. Social status? Military rank? Language? Age?

 

[Tarheel]

They were a couple. So, all of the above. But now there is an eerie distance between them.

It seems to me that at one time there were no barriers -- physical or otherwise -- then for some reason one or both of them erected barriers.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

It seems to me that at one time there were no boundaries -- physical or otherwise -- then for some reason one or both of them erected boundaries.

And barriers!

 

[Tarheel]

I should have said barriers instead, but the word boundary was in my head. (Probably because it's in the title of this thread.)
:-D

 

[alpacinou]

I'm starting to think that maybe boundary does not work.

How would you describe this situation? I mean when two people were very intimate but have grown distant?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I'm starting to think that maybe boundary does not work.

How would you describe this situation? I mean when two people were very intimate but have grown distant?

Just don't say there was a boundary in the past. For example: There were no boundaries between us before. But now . . . .