Shamsudin Hakim tells the story of a woman who spent seven years asking her partner for three simple, free things he promised to give. He never delivered. After therapy, countless conversations, and compromise, she finally left.
She was asking for things that are free. He agreed that he could give these things to her and they got married. And for 7 years, he gave her none of it. She tried therapy twice. They had hundreds of conversations about what she needed in the relationship, especially when she was giving him everything that he was asking for. She prayed, she adjusted, she compromised. She kept giving to him while still begging for the 3 things that she was asking him for. And finally, after 7 years of begging for things that don't cost a dime, she said, I'm out, I'm done, I'm through, and she left.
