He stood there holding the rope for a long time. You're responsible for me. At the end of the two minutes, the man on the bridge let go of the rope and the other man fell into the water. Three months later, the same man walked across the same bridge to find the same other man standing there with rope in hand. We live in a manipulative society.
Love is sometimes hard though.
You owe love. You don't owe sentimentality. You don't owe the manipulator what he or she wants. You owe love and sometimes love is as hard as nails. A mother who loves her child will not allow that child to play in the streets.