The need for space

Im a homebody and an introvert. I’ve always been a person who needed some regular alone time.. I’ve never had a ton of friends. I never wanted a ton of friends, really. I have a couple of best friends and I’ve always been ok with that. My husband seemed to understand my need when we first got married, but it seems like after my son was born almost 3 years ago, things changed. Sometimes I feel like he’s clingy and I hate that. He doesn’t really go out at all without me. As I’m writing this, I realize most of you will probably think it’s a stupid thing to complain about. I know not many people understand me (I’m used to that lol).. my husband and I have always joked about having reversed roles .. sometimes I have more masculine personality traits and his are more feminine in some ways. (For example, He likes to talk a lot, I just want the readers digest version. He likes to cuddle while we sleep.. I can’t sleep if I don’t have my own space.) I want him to have friends and occasionally go out with them, which would naturally give me some space. He wants me to go to everything with him. We both work from home (although he goes into an office maybe 10–15 hours a week) so we are always around each other. He loves concerts and he wants me to go with him all the time. I’m a homebody and I’m just not into going as much as he is. Not to mention, we don’t have the same taste in music and we don’t seem to have much in common anymore. Also, not that this is the same topic, but I want another baby and I’m not sure he will ever want another one which is really hard for me to accept. 😔

I’m sorry that my thoughts are a bit scattered.

Anyway, how do I tell him I need some space to be in a healthy relationship? I’ve tried, but he gets upset that I don’t want more time with him, Is it even Biblical to need space away from your spouse? How do we have more *quality* time yet still have time without each other so I don’t go crazy?

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