bear. I never wanted to say good-bye. He understood me. It was so comfortable and comforting! He really loved me—and, again, HE NEEDED ME. But you know what we both needed? To break our co-dependent bond and face ourselves. That wasn’t going to happen when we were together. So he was a casualty of my youth. And I didn’t find someone who was the same intellectual match for me for years after that. I fell in love, but I didn’t feel that comforted and loved again until I met my husband.
