Talked to W for a bit on IM tonight. Ended up having a conversation after W told me OM's apartment building is getting foreclosed..
Turned into this:
(10:52:06 PM) W: I know it sounds selfish, but I am really focused on getting my [censored] together right now (10:52:16 PM) M: that's not selfish at all (10:52:52 PM) W: one thing I've never done over the years is figured out how to succeed on my own (10:54:12 PM) M: I think you'll feel a lot of accomplishment as do that (10:54:19 PM) M: it's quite refreshing (10:54:30 PM) W: I think so (10:54:42 PM) W: I've been incredibly codependent (10:55:41 PM) M: did you talk to your therapist about that much yet? (10:55:49 PM) W: oh yes (10:56:19 PM) M: I'd give you the stuff I had from years ago, but I don't know what happened to it (10:56:32 PM) W: heh heh (10:56:50 PM) W: well, I just need to stop letting people walk on me (10:57:08 PM) W: I make my decisions based on what I think other people want (10:58:01 PM) M: You need to be happy with yourself first, I think (11:01:59 PM) M: It's odd that you describe yourself as codependent, but I've always thought of you as being very independent (11:02:19 PM) W: emotionally, I've been codependent