I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T

I was reading tonight and I came across a quote by Elizabeth Taylor that immediately sparked some serious thinking. The quote was in reference to one of her many marriages. It states "I love not being Elizabeth Taylor, but being Richard's wife. I would be quite content to be his shadow and live through him." In this day and age of the I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T (thanks for that hooked on phonics moment Webbie) woman, could we possibly be content living though a man? Could a man even handle a women who was willing to become so completely absorbed in him that she loses her identity?

My first thought was HELL NAW! No man is worth forgetting who I am. Liz definitely took this behind every great man there's a great women concept to a whole other level. But then I decided to be open minded. Maybe she meant not to forget who she was but to simply fall back behind her man and use her strengths to make him stronger. Now that, I might be willing to do if he is man enough to step up when I fall back.

Now if my man steps back with me and ask "baby where you goin," then I definitely know that he can't handle being the forerunner and leads me to another puzzle: can a man be content living in the shadow of a woman?