I can hardly stand it when he is away for a night...
BLANCHE:
Why, Stella!
STELLA:
When he's away for a week I nearly go wild!
BLANCHE:
Gracious!
STELLA:
And when he comes back I cry on his lap like a baby...
Stella is 100% dependent on Stanley and she cannot function as a regular person without him. This is an explanation for why, at the end, she chooses not to believe her sister - as she cannot live a life without Stanley. To an audience in the 1940's, this may not have been as extreme and wives were almost expected to be reliant on their husbands (though attitudes were changing so responses would have been mixed) but, to a modern audience, this would be recognized as incredibly toxic and a warning sign of abuse.
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