I'm the strong independent type and I wish I wasn't. My x was pretty useless, I fit a new bathroom suit and tiled while he took the kids to the park, I did everything, he never cooked, or cleaned or did any DIY, I even fit 2 carpets while he got out of the way. Needless to say he had to go and life got much easier for me, even though I became a single working parent with 2 young kids. That was 10yrs ago, I remain independant and self sufficient but see my (depandant/needy) friends have everything given to them on a plate, I use to think this was pathetic but maybe I was wrong and they have it right, they don't know how to change a lightbulb, but they don't need to know if there's always someone around to do it for them.