What would I do without you?

That's what I jokingly asked a friend who helped me out. His reply was more serious than even I realized at the time. "I think the question should be reversed: what would I do without you?" And while at the time I laughed it off thinking about the minute things I've done to help...but now I realize how codependent we've become... and I begin to wonder, what would you do without me? And I don't want to make you find out. So I'll do everything I can to be there for you--but I'm afraid I'm becoming too attached. ...And I worry about the ramifications of that attachment.