They might describe my reliance on him as "codependent" -- one side of a relationship between mutually needy people. From Wordnik.com. [Ann Handley: Me and TomTom: Love Will Keep Us Together] Reference
I often hear the word codependent 'thrown around when discussing someone's problematic relationships. From Wordnik.com. [What is Codependency anyway!?!] Reference
"If you even think of using the word 'codependent', I'm out of here.". From Wordnik.com. [The Sinister Six Combo]
A 'codependent' is one side of a relationship between mutually needy people. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Katharine McPhee has revealed that she is "codependent" on her pet chihuahuas. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
"It all happened because you were 'codependent'" - the NWL's sentence - has the same structure as this man's argument. From Wordnik.com. [Professor Zero] Reference
I no longer have to be codependent in the kitchen!. From Wordnik.com. [Jenni Schaefer: Gratitude in Dating (And in the Kitchen)] Reference
I wrote down an inventory of my codependent behaviors. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Doyle: Tasmanian Michael Goes to Bermuda: How Recovery Came and Found Me (Again)] Reference
Their codependent issues do not bode well for a good life. From Wordnik.com. [Out of the mouths of IDIOTS] Reference
The friends you meet in AA are supportive, codependent, boring. From Wordnik.com. [CHOOSE YOUR BOOZE • by Jon Peck] Reference
But changing this codependent relationship is ultimately healthier. From Wordnik.com. [U.S., China Seek Healthier Relationship] Reference
To be sympathetic to this behavior would only be codependent to it. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Hagel: Military Strike on Iran is ‘Not a Viable, Feasible, Responsible Option’] Reference
Is it possible I am not merely the sum of my codependent behaviors?. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Doyle: Tasmanian Michael Goes to Bermuda: How Recovery Came and Found Me (Again)] Reference
But it's hardly codependent when one side has most of the authority. From Wordnik.com. [Eric J. Weiner: The Most Dangerous Myths About The Global Economy] Reference
None of us want to be codependent, but, dysfunctional or not, we are. From Wordnik.com. [Sadie Nardini: Mr. President: I Challenge You To Quit!] Reference
You can be codependent and if you are you're always going to be disappointed. From Wordnik.com. [Liz Henry: BlogHer Day Two: Sensitive Topics and Outreach] Reference
I tend to think of the MSM as being in a codependent relationship with McCain. From Wordnik.com. [Milbank: McCain-Palin's Attacks On Media Have Spawned Unprecedented Crowd Hostility Toward Press] Reference
There are too many sad stories of tortured, codependent celebrity relationships. From Wordnik.com. [Shawn Amos: Rihanna and Chris, You Are Not Alone: Troubled Musical Couples] Reference
So she's not only gullible and possibly codependent, but I think she's responsible. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2009] Reference
He is likely to suffer from abandonment anxiety and be a codependent or counterdependent. From Wordnik.com. [The Roots of Pedophilia] Reference
And so, classic codependent behavior is to enable and justify and cover for and excuse. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2009] Reference
I do not like cliques and think the people in cliques are generally insecure and codependent. From Wordnik.com. [purplecigar Diary Entry] Reference
Those bent on destruction have a codependent relationship with those striving to maintain order. From Wordnik.com. [Criminals] Reference
In other words, the Puggle and I have become codependent and I'm very disappointed in both of us. From Wordnik.com. [Vicki Iovine: Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce: I Hate Dogs, Especially Mine!] Reference
Our culture is so self-focused that such behavior may seem unhealthy, codependent, or wishy-washy. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. Peter M. Wallace: Unlikely Saints: Stan Lee, Soupy Sales and the Golden Rule] Reference
Remember another old joke, "a codependent is someone who puts a sweater on someone else when they feel cold?". From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Tian Dayton: The Biology of Codependency] Reference
Clinton has taken most of the blame for his campaign's obsession with raising cash, but Gore was his codependent. From Wordnik.com. [Collision Course] Reference
These two circumstances are codependent: the insurgency is exploding precisely because the opium trade is booming. From Wordnik.com. [‘Seeds of Terror’] Reference
And, according to the site, part of the solution to dealing with a codependent relationship is Good Communication!. From Wordnik.com. [What is Codependency anyway!?!] Reference
As denial slipped away, so did the fiction that my codependent behaviors only come out when I'm stressed or unhappy. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Doyle: Tasmanian Michael Goes to Bermuda: How Recovery Came and Found Me (Again)] Reference
His codependent, excuse-making spouse ought to start telling the truth instead of letting the guy hide behind his pretense. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale of Customer Service] Reference
Did Congress give them the intervention they need, or are they still being codependent and people-pleasing with these guys?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2008] Reference
Economically, China and the United States are already codependent; the political relationship just lags this economic reality. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Says No to Space Cooperation With China - Update - NASA Watch] Reference
This also gave me an even stranger message, a codependent one, like chasing after me for momentos equated itself with love. From Wordnik.com. [I'll take anyone] Reference
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