@ashleymarie616 Your situation sounds like the opposite of mine. After a youth filled with one bad relationship after another I found a wonderful guy at the age of 19. Today I’m 31, we are happily married and have a three year old son. Still, I feel that I never quite had the chance (or rather the courage) to figure out who I am without a partner by my side. I think I would have been a lot stronger and more independent if I for a time would have had nobody to rely on but myself. I think I would trust my own choices more.