He long ago started calling her out of her name; she, as always, used to just grimace slightly at first, then she just chose to pay it absolutely no mind.
Then his "meetings" in the evening got later and later. She used to call at first; then she just stopped worrying about him, adopted a "see-ya-when-I-see-ya" kinda of attitude.
It seems women who had high expectations, and honorable demands, have simply gotten worn down from the beautiful struggle these days.
They used to be mad.
Now, they're just tired.
Welcome to T.B.W.S., the Tired Black Woman's Syndrome. It doesn't just happen one day, no, there are phases to this stuff.
You see it everyday: Women who used to care about what their significant others thought, could give a flying fish now.
It's what happens before a relationship is declared DOA (dead on arrival). It is almost always brought on by a Frustrated Black Man. It didn't used to be like that. But it is now.
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