constant help and attention, use emotional blackmail to get it, and offer gratitude only if it keeps you on the hook. Perpetually needy people suck the life out of you, because no matter what you do for them, it’s never enough. They don’t lean toward you for occasional support; they lean on you until they crush you. And once they latch on to you, they’ll almost never leave. (Why on earth would they?) Try to pry them off, and they’ll grab on even tighter.
