Amber Hollingsworth argues that nonverbal communication often works better for boundaries than words. She uses the example of not answering calls from someone when they're likely drunk. Silence and selective responsiveness can convey limits more clearly than direct statements.
Most boundaries are communicated without any words whatsoever. Like, for example, if you don't like to talk to someone when they're drunk, you don't answer the phone and say, don't call me when you're drunk. If you know their habit really well and you know if it's after a certain time they're going to be drunk, you just don't answer the phone after that time. That is a communication of a boundary. That's like the best communication of a boundary.
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