Is it wrong for a heterosexual woman in a loving relationship to state that she does not need a man?

Poll - Total Votes: 26

BAD dont say it

Its not wrong but it insults male partner

I am woman hear me roar!

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I was having a conversation with some family and they found this statement incredibly insulting to my husband but I do not think that the statement is insulting although I do understand that many women have used this particular tagline as as a point of hate toward or contention against men but I wasn't using it in that way. I was told that as a heterosexual woman this statement can never be positive.
Thoughts?

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drymer · 56-60, M

Reading all the comments it seems that lot of people are confusing "Need" with "Love", as if "[i]loving[/i] someone" implied "[i]needing[/i] someone". These are very different things. I know it's very romantic to say "I [i]need[/i] you" to a loved one. People like to be [i]needed[/i] and [i]wanted[/i]. But seriously people, love is something else. To "[i]need a man[/i]" or to "[i]need a woman[/i]" has absolutely nothing to do with love.

zonavar68 · 51-55, M

@drymer Maybe a person needs to feel wanted. ;-) Otherwise a relationship has no basis or is one-way only with no requitement.

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@drymer I agree with what you said and at 1 time in my life I was a hopeless romantic and I would have agreed with preferring to say that I needed my husband but unfortunately life dealt me situations beyond my control and people in my life made decisions that forced me to confront the reality that I do not need a man

drymer · 56-60, M

@zonavar68 But "wanted" is different than "needed". I may [i]want[/i] chocolate ice cream but I don't [i]need[/i] it. The fact that I don't [i]need[/i] chocolate ice cream doesn't mean I don't [i]love[/i] it. The same logic can be applied to human relationships. Need/love... Very different things...