Quote Originally Posted by damyanti View Post
For a long time I have had the same thought myself, I admit...but then I came to realize it depends on your definition of need. Just because I don't need him, doesn't mean I don't need him. When did need become such a dirty word? We are human, it is part of all of ours nature to need human contact...what we are not is desperate, and for some reason two are often considered synonyms.
Damyanti, OMG, excellent point here!

I've always avoided "needing" anything except like food or water or sleep, viewing need in the junkie sense, an addiction. I'm perfectly comfortable with wanting, jonesing, even craving something, but crossing the line into "need" was unacceptable. Maybe need isn't such a dirty word as long as it's seperate from desperation...