"I ain't your husband, and I ain't your head. But you are not a child...and I would never think I had the right t'control you like one. I'm sorry you felt like that was what I was doin'. If we were married, or if I was your head, even then...yes, there'd be a level of respect there, but it'd be mutual. I would never look t'control you."
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A pause, to let that since in.
"I ain't your husband, and I ain't your head. But you are not a child...and I would never think I had the right t'control you like one. I'm sorry you felt like that was what I was doin'. If we were married, or if I was your head, even then...yes, there'd be a level of respect there, but it'd be mutual. I would never look t'control you."