Foibles? Did you say foibles? Oh, don't get me started on human foibles.

Here's a point however, the prenatal condition in mammals is a type of dependence, but it is not generally behavioral dependence. In non-placental mammals there is a behavior which occurs when the offspring travels to the pouch to complete developing, such as in panda bears and others. I imagine in zoology texts there is complete terminology for all of this process.
Dependence as a drive refers only to behavioral expressions of dependence.
I have used the acronym MARO for mutually assured reproductive opportunity, but this applies only to the general case of an entire population, not the special case of the individual. MARO of course, explains MAD, mutualy assured destruction, which "guided" our politics through the cold war, but maybe I won't go into detail now.
The point is, in general everyone gets opportunity. This regulates combative competition. The result is a high (relatively) reproductive rate in a species with a long post-natal maturation. Fifteen years is long.
What it means for the individual reminds me of a Sienfeld (sp?) joke- "We're men, we're everywhere, and if there's a woman there, we have a man working on it. It may not be our best man, but we have a guy working it."
Well, hang in there, as they say. But, don't be to critical and don't repeat the same mistakes to often.
Which reminds me; I walked in through the library's book sale and found an unread readers digestion copy of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories" for fifty cents. Haven't seen one in ages. "The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg"? I think maybe next time I'll take a whizz at the creative corner or whatever they're calling it here.
Hmm, maybe I'll even try something brief today, I've still got a few minutes.