Be careful with the word NEED.  Most often when people say "need" they actually mean "want" or "appreciate". In particular when people speak of their romantic partners.  You do not "need" that person.  You can function quite well without that person.  You may appreciate that person so much, that when they are absent it feels like a need.  That is an immature feeling left over from infancy. Infancy and early childhood was the last time you actually needed another person.  From teen hood on, good company and support is appreciated.  Once the dramatic, neediness is eliminated from a relationship, it (relationship) can deepen or lessen.  Depending on whether it was a relationship of actual substance or just a substitute for processing feelings of abandonment & insecurities, the relationship can change.

To think you need someone, sets you up for abuse.  The person you think you "need" has too much power over an adult. She/he may resent that power and abuse it.  Most people find it annoying.  Need is a lot to have projected onto another person.

I may have less privilege than the average U.S. citizen, that does not mean I need someone to help me.  I do appreciate support and good company.  I appreciate a hand up & access to training and opportunities.  I don't "need" someone to rescue me from my lack.  While I'm underprivileged in things that are of monetary value, I am rich in culture (lower c), Culture (upper C) , spirit and creativity. I'm rich with an understanding of my strengths and my ability to be supported without needing that support.  I find it helpful to remember that if I am breathing, not bleeding out, not starving, freezing or overheating, then I am not just surviving, I am thriving.  I'm rich with survival and thriving techniques.

Be secure in knowing that, as a woman who is thriving:

You can enjoy a walk in the park- good company is appreciated.
You can buy, prepare and cook a divine feast- good company is appreciated.
You can succeed in school- any support is appreciated.
You can venture out on your own in business- any support is appreciated.
You can give birth on your own- any support is appreciated.
You can raise a child on your own- any support is appreciated.
You can change a tire- AAA is appreciated.

None of these things is necessarily easy, that is why support is appreciated.  Support is not like H2O or O2 or blood properly flowing through veins.  It isn't nutrition, it's the flavah'.  It's not the cake, it's the icing.