Strong and independent vs clingy and needy

Re: Strong and independent vs clingy and needy

What you're talking about is an extreme and not at all what the poster is implying in scenario #2

The independent wife does what she does out of concern for her husband because he works hard and she feels bad burdening him. That in itself is care and love. If someone misinterprets a woman stretching herself soooo thin as nonchalance and indifference...he's not a very smart or perceptive man to begin with.

Re: Strong and independent vs clingy and needy

I know. I wasn't going off of just this one example but a general case of independent vs clingy based on what i had seen in my life. I have seen way too many people use the independent thing to push away their spouse without even knowing what they were doing until it was too late.

Re: Strong and independent vs clingy and needy

I don’t understand how a wife being independent and self sufficient correlates to her pushing her husband away and not sharing emotions? :konfused:

How does one thing have anything to do with the other?

Re: Strong and independent vs clingy and needy

first time i wholeheartedly agree with you!!

Re: Strong and independent vs clingy and needy

You didnt read my post properly. I said im not going off of the above e,example but the general ideas. Independence is good until it is too much. There is a balance between being too independent and too clingy. A little dependence is important for a marriage just as a little independence is.

I read your post perfectly fine and I stand by my questioning.

I agree with the posters above who said it more depends on the husband and how he treats/appreciates his wife.