<human>: Hello Reddit. 

I love this sub, and this is my favorite sub honestly. I would love some tips and tricks of the trade from some of you amazing people. 

Man, where do I start? I've had a lot of emotional upheaval these past few months. I was injured and put in a cast, got dumped, got laid off, then got a promotion, went through and pregnancy termination, and have had many men (including the baby's father) in my life continuously. 

My professional life is finally shaping up (aka promotion). My friends and family are seriously top notch, I couldn't have more fun, kind, and hilarious people to be around. 

But I am having relationship troubles. And when I say relationship troubles, I mean I am for some reason pining for one. 

I have dated a lot. I have many exes that I am still friendly with, I talk to them fairly frequently. I am super happy single. I enjoy being able to do what I want, when I want to. My exes are absolutely all exes for a reason: they were not good to me and I was also not good to me. But for some reason, I am still talking to several of these men, and hoping for someone. I am an extremely independent woman, financially and emotionally, or so I thought. But I keep reaching and reciprocating and essentially *needing* this male attention. I realize it is unhealthy, and very much do not like it. 

Any tips on how to become fully independent??

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<bot>: Financially independent, have the best friends and family on the planet. It's been a rough year and I keep craving and reaching for validation from exes. How to break this horrible habit??