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Why does it feel like in normal daily conversations with friends and strangers it's almost like one isn't allowed to mention their other half? Actually it happens mostly when I talk to women. Almost like if I mention him, that means that I have no brain and personality and my opinions are not my own. That's just the feeling that I get - like it's some secret understanding that one isn't supposed to talk too much about their partner. Like it somehow becomes "codependent" and weak. "I'm a strong woman, I pretend I stand alone." It's annoying - I like talking about my boyfriend, his opinions, what he thinks and says - I spend most of my time with him! Of course I'm influenced and he takes up a large part of my thoughts and has a hand in who I am. But it's somehow wrong? It doesn't make me any less of a woman.