YOU SAID:
im better off without him
INTO JAPANESE
彼がいなくてもよかった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I did not need him
INTO JAPANESE
私は彼を必要としなかった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I did not need him.
INTO JAPANESE
私は彼を必要としませんでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I need him.
INTO JAPANESE
父が必要なの
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I need him.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.