Emma Chamberlain

It also can cause expectations on your end because you're like, you can start to expect them to

to provide you with unrealistic levels of fulfillment and joy, if they are the center of your universe, you can expect a lot out of them.

And we're dealing with human beings here.

Chances are they're not gonna live up to your expectations.

But let's zoom back into our issue at hand here.

Mood dependency on partner.

Okay.

Let's go back to what I was saying.

Okay.

I went off on a tangent.

Let's reel it in.

As I was saying, it's very important that we have a solid foundation in a full life outside of our romantic relationships.

we should think of our romantic relationships as the cherry on top to an already wonderful life, an extra layer of reinforcement in our foundation that is not necessarily crucial.

We don't need it, but it definitely helps.

This can be hard to grasp, especially for somebody like me who really wants to have a family one day, you know, wants to have a partner, wants to have a family, I want to have kids.

Like,

I want this in my life.

And so when I get into a relationship, it's really hard for me not to be like, this person's the center of my universe.

Otherwise, like I won't accomplish my goal of having a family and having kids.

Like, you know, this person is so important because they are, they might be the, my counterpart in this.