That's why, if you confuse pity with love, you'll believe you're in love with him. And mothering is for kids. Not grown men. But, if like King Priam, you do fall prey to this Trojan Horse and let him inside your city gates, the first Berserker to leave the horse will be the devious Clinger. The world ails him.
Physical complaints are common.
His back hurts. His head aches. Peculiar pains of all sorts come and go like invisible, malignant companions. If you track their appearance, though, you may see a pattern of occurrence connected to the waning or waxing of your attentions. And his maladies are not simply physical.