Scratch that. I need a lot of stress relief.
I'm not getting any alone time. Unless I'm asleep. Even then, I have other entities in bed with me.
Anyone know of any car shows I can send DH to for a week? Or even a long weekend?
Or maybe I can send him overseas with GK.
Goddess, I miss the days when DH was gone for months at a time because of his job!
Empathy -- I love Jim to pieces, but since he retired (two years after we moved up here) having him home every day has been tough. It's great when I'm feeling sick, because it's less stressful for me to know there's someone here to call a ride and handle paperwork at the ER if I end up having to go, and a notch less stress means I'm less likely to get to that point. But in general, I'm a hermitty introvert and need a lot of alone time. Which I haven't gotten in over a decade. :/ One deals, but it's not easy. {{}}
ReplyDeleteI get it. DH grew up in a large family. Alone time was never a need for him. As a result, he often took my introverted need to be alone as a rejection when we were first together. *sigh*
DeleteNeither of us have retired yet, but we've been working from home, together, for the last eighteen years. Luckily, lacrosse season starts soon, so I'll have a couple of hours in the evening a few nights a week to myself.