Her first marriage ended. It was her high school sweetheart. He was as dull as the sharp end of a potato. Her second long-term relationship ended. He was penniless trash with no ambition, no prospects, and a crooked angle, but "soooo good-looking".
Her new beau is a prize. He wants to marry. She is resisting because he is "too clingy".
I asked her, "What is it? Is it because he owns his own business? Is it because he owns his own house? Because he drives a nice car? Because you don't have to give HIM money? What is it? You're breaking my heart! You are driving me to an early grave!"
About the last part, she said, "That is no longer possible."
A knife! A knife in my heart!