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On Independence Day, maybe you can take the time to think about how being independent in other areas of your life could be good for you. Being independent doesn’t mean you don’t have, want, or enjoy relationships, but it means that you can be happy without them. If you only have friends or romantic relationships because you’re afraid to be alone then, you can’t ever genuinely enjoy any of those relationships. They don’t actually make you happy—they just alleviate fear. Those two things are not the same thing. Being independent is an amazing feeling. It means that just because someone cancels on you, or can’t go somewhere with you, or even leaves you, you can still feel happy and strong. On that note, here are ways to be more independent in your relationship.
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Go to the party without him
If someone invites both of you to do something, and your partner cant or doesn’t want to, you can still go. You don’t have to always be a package deal. If he doesn’t want to or can’t attend the party, and you can and you want to, then go! You’re a grown person who doesn’t need a chaperone.
