Now her "need" to be "needed", that is another story and probably a sadder poem indeed … (IE: the ep where bart shoplifts and she realizes he is not her little boy, the ep where Homer admits "complete and utter dependence" to her and that endears her to him rather than repaginates her, the ep where maggie doesn't need…

While I agree with the isolation and loneliness aspect of Marge's character, it is actually a result of her great strength, the fact that she is the force of order within the family and really the voice of morality within the whole town - how many times does Marge descent from the majority opinion just to keep the…