RE: Getting space in relationships
September 14, 2018 at 2:53 pm
(This post was last modified: September 14, 2018 at 2:54 pm by Whateverist.)
(September 14, 2018 at 1:41 pm)Shell B Wrote:(September 13, 2018 at 7:14 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: I just feel like I want to get some space from my family and relatives, but not to the point of cutting relationships entirely.
The reason for this (or one of the reasons) might be our differences. I love them, yet I sometimes feel like I don't belong.
Dad told me that he wants us to be a united family, but I want a little less contact with him and the others.
Am I wrong for wanting less contact?
God, no. I need room or I'll suffocate sometimes. I also need my family, so it swings in either direction from time to time.
I can relate too. The very best solution for me has been to be with someone who is as involved in their own projects and as in need of their own space as I am. That she frequently enough travels on business is a bonus since it gives me periodic alone space for days at a time which I find refreshing. Since I'm more of a homebody because of the dogs and garden, it helps that she needs to travel some.
