You do not depend on anyone. You just depend on the things that one provides you. The moment you find someone who fulfills most of your desires. They become a habit..an addiction. You can't live without them until you find someone else who will provide you with everything they have been providing. They are replaceable in your life and you are in theirs.
How can I celebrate independence day when I constantly feel trapped in the norms society created about being an unmarried woman at 26? I don't have a job, I am not married and certainly, I don't have children but still, I am alive and I own and handle my shit. It's bizarre for me to show fake pride in a society whose standards are making me sick as days pass by.
The uncontrollable need to please people turned Monica into an iconic character but unfortunately, it turned me into a not so iconic piece of garbage that smells of burden.