Originally Posted by
LaTeeDa 
I was a wife, mother, employee, but who was I?
Some guy said that to me in a communication theory course I took a few years ago when we were introducing ourselves. I never understood what the heck he was talking about. I'm still not at the point where I can define myself without using terms that depend on another person, but at least now I understand that I described what I was rather than who I was.