Once upon a time, in a small african town, there was a young woman who lived with her husband and her mother-in-law.
In a very short while, Asa found that she couldn't get along with her at all.

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Their characters were very different, and Asa was always annoyed with many of her mother-in-laws manner while she also criticized Asa frequently.

As time went by, Asa and her mother-in-law never stopped having one issue or the other, but what made the situation even worse was that, according to the ancient african tradition, Asa had to kneel down for her mother-in-law and obey her every wish.

All the quarrels and uneasiness in the house was however causing Asa's gentle and quite husband so much distress, when Aa could no longer stand her mother-in-law's temperament and dictatorship, she decided to do something about it.