Is there a Such Thing as Too Much time with your Partner?

@Jshean20 (14349)
Canada
February 11, 2007 9:53pm CST
Well let's be honest, do you think it's possible to spend too much time with your partner? I mean, sure we love them..but when does it become too much time spent? Do you think it would be too much to work with your partner, go to school with your partner and basically be with them all the time (live with them)? Or do you think being apart makes you appreciate the love more? What do you guys think?
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@suman76 (648)
• India
12 Feb 07
I love to spend time with me patner but you are right to maintain some distance the love will increase and increase. If we somebody daily in front of our eyes we were used to it but to maintain the distance this will give you new look toyour relations
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@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
12 Feb 07
good points, thanks
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• United States
12 Feb 07
I do believe that absence makes the heart grow fonder! I think it does depend on your personalities but for the most part, being with ANY one person 24/7 can be too much.
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@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
12 Feb 07
I found that being apart added excitement to the time we did have together
@bronie123 (4587)
• United States
12 Feb 07
I think if you did all those things together then yeah. Everyone needs to have time apart if its only a few hours apart Thats what i think anyway me and my partner seem to fight more when we spend lots of time together and not do something we want to
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• United States
12 Feb 07
I think you can spend too much time with your partner. My wife and I are trying to spend some more time with friends. We normally do everything together since we are best friends but some away time is healthy.
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@nawaab (168)
• India
23 Feb 07
Nopes I do not think so .. More time you spend more close you will come and there will a better understanding leading to a stronger bond .. Yes I do think people should give some space to their partners but it should not be wide enough to esacpe off
• Canada
12 Feb 07
i dont' think there's such thing as spending too much time together. . . if it was up to me, i would spend 24/7 with my fiance. i don't think being apart makes me appreciate him more. either way, i appreciate him the same. . .being apart just makes me really depressed and lonely.
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@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
12 Feb 07
cute..thanks for responding :)
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@KimMaple (1195)
• United States
19 Feb 07
I like being around hubby and having him home to help with the kids BUT I do enjoy some time with him NOT home, like when he is at work. When he IS home, he is playing Xbox so he is in the other room anyway, but at least he is home.
@ebsharer (5515)
• United States
19 Feb 07
spending time together as a couple is great and all but you need time apart too. you have to have your own thing too. i know when my husband and i spend too much time together we run out of things to talk about. when we are with other people or doing other things we have tuns to talk about. also when we spend time apart and see eachother we appreciate eachother more. i was on vacation for 3 weeks and my husband has been great since i got back better then ever. i think i need to go on vacation more often.
@soldenski (2503)
• United States
14 Feb 07
My husband is usually off Sunday and Monday's, by Monday morning, I am ready for him to go back to work. I love spending time with him, but sometime's it's too much!!! lol Yet when he is away at conference's, I can't wait till he come's home. Go figure.
@missyd79 (3438)
• United States
18 Feb 07
i think that there is such a thing as spending too much time with your partner. my boyfriend and i have started that we will spend at least one night out with our friends without each other at least once a month. i love the idea because soemtimes i do get sick of him always being around.
• United States
14 Feb 07
I think that spending too much time together can be a bad thing. It's refreshing to be able to have some alone time, and be able to go out with friends. There are going to be times, that you want to be alone, and I'm talking about a day or two, that you just want to unwind and relax, and not have to worry about being smothered.
@Dolcerina (3376)
• Hungary
19 Feb 07
Hi! My partner woked as an internatioanl truck driver. Belive me the international truck drivers are the honest men, the best lovers..and so on. YOu know they spend their days in a truck lonely, during the driving they are thinking about only their girlfriend or wife. I work in transportation for 4 and a half year. So I know it. I know many truck drivers. They are so honest and so goodhearted. So we worked together, because I have worked as a disponent but we were not together since the working :) He missed me very much, and I missed him very much. We could not wait the time he arrived home. BUT!! Because of the work we had a lot of quarellings. So he left our the company where we worked together and he also finished the international work. SO now he sleeps at home every day, not in the truck. And this is super! And I do not feel that we spend too much time together, though when he finished the international work, he was affraid of it. That is another question, that what he would think, if he saw your question LOL
@limosonia1 (1559)
• United States
14 Feb 07
I think if u love your partner it doesn't really matter wether you spend all day or are apart all day. Because you tend to appreciate any and everytime that you are with them. I worked with my spouse and it was hard when we weren't together. We enjoy are time together. My parents are the opposite they love each other but they have spent so much time apart because of work.
@hartnsoul (558)
• Philippines
19 Feb 07
Yes. I think speding so much time with your partner eliminates the mystery of each other. Also, when you're both bored with nothing to do, you get into each others' nerves. Ample amount of time spent would be enough as long as it is quality time. Qualintity time is definitely not a plus factor. Spend time apart to grow individually and add growth to your partnership :)
@beckyomg1 (6756)
• United States
13 Feb 07
i think we all need time apart, i know that sometimes when my husband is home, we do get annoyed with each other if spend too much time together.
@wmg2006 (5381)
• United States
13 Feb 07
Yes indeed there is such a thing. In the beginning it is probably ok, because both of you are learning the other one. Everyone needs their own time alone so they will be in better spirits when they are around you. It took a few years before I could do this, but slowly over time I got accustomed to the distance. Now I look forward to the seperation for a few days or hours. I enjoy my free time to just do what I want and not have to try to do what someone else wants. it is healthy for any relationship to have this time alone.
@Bee1955 (3882)
• United States
13 Feb 07
Yes, there is. You dont want to smother each other. You have to give each other space once in aawhile. One might want to read a book and the other be on the computer. A unabused night out with the guys (or gals) once in a while is a special treat and refresher. Some people take separate vacations or retreats once in awhile. Absense makes the heart grown fonder? You try and decide.
@sizzle3000 (3036)
• United States
13 Feb 07
That depends on you and your partner. I spend almost all my spare time with my spouse. I do however, go and do things without him. He also goes out and does things without me. My husband and I have some things in common and we spend out time doing what we like. I am secure in our relationship that I can tell him anything. He can also tell me anything. There are a few things we do seperate and neither of us care because we trust each other. The other thing is that he accepts me for me and I don't have to pretend to be something I am not to keep him happy.
@clod0327 (817)
• Philippines
13 Feb 07
I don't think there's such a thing as spending too much time with your partner. I love to spend every minute of my time with him. But sometimes, a little time a part would also be good. That way, you get to spend some time alone with yourself, or with your friends or relatives.
@stibigirl (291)
• United States
13 Feb 07
My husband and I have worked together and it gets hard after awhile to remember not to take the stress of work home with you, and then if you do not take it out on each other. We have also worked long distance from each other for months at a time and would not see each other except once every 6 weeks or so, this is also hard, without enough time together you forget what it can be like to take care of each other. Being apart does make you appreciate that love even more. I find that now I have to find a good medium between the two, we no longer work together, and the days of having to work where the money is are over. So spending time together is something that we do everyday, but so is spending time apart.