Slowly dumbing them down. “Oh let me get that for you, you’re too fragile to be doing that.” “You’re gonna hurt yourself, let me.” “What’s going on in that pretty head of yours? Anything?” Until they’re always confused without you.
I learnt this from my uncle.
He and his ex fiancé had issues. He went to her family house to plead with her.
Her parents were present, he went there with just his friend. Another heated argument started as they both narrated their sides of the story.
My uncle kept quiet because he was in the midst of his to-be in-laws. The girl continued running her mouth until she pointed a finger to my uncle and said, "eleyii naa."
That statement changed everything.
My uncle said, he stood up, thanked his ex parents, and told his friend to meet him in the car. He left.
Later, everyone pleaded with him later to forgive the girl. The girl too pleaded. They got back together, but he told the girl he'll never marry her.
She thought he would change his mind, so she got pregnant. He took care of the pregnancy and accepted the child. But he never married her.
Years later, he married someone else.
Husband told his wife that the cloth she’s wearing is too revealing and she changed it immediately to another one. She got to the even and her friends noticed her own cloth is different from the other, she explained that her husband does not like the style so she had to change. They all understood.
After the gathering, one of them who is a single mother of three due to divorce started messaging her that she’s letting her husband control her life and she shouldn’t be a slave to any man bla bla bla.
She blocked her immediately before she sends further messages.