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It’s perfectly normal to need time apart from your partner. Very few couples can be together day after day for years and not get a little annoyed at one another. Think about it: you probably get annoyed at your best friend who you only see twice a month, and who you adore! It’s only natural you’d need space from your partner whom you live with or see daily. It doesn’t mean that you don’t love him, or that you’re no longer compatible. It just means that, since you are two separate human beings, you’re bound to have different opinions, preferences, likes, and dislikes. And sometimes, you just want the space to have things your way—sometimes, you don’t want to compromise on where you eat or what time you go to sleep. Sometimes you need to be selfish. Here are signs you and your partner need a few days apart (or you might kill each other).

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Your blood boils when he leaves a dish out

When he leaves so much as one dish out or one item of clothing on the floor, you become filled with the same rage with which you would be over someone spitting on your grandmother’s grave.

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You go to sleep before he comes home

You won’t wait up even twenty minutes for a chance to chat with your man when he gets home. In fact, if you’re being honest, you put yourself to bed before you’re tired, so you can pretend to be asleep when your boyfriend gets back.

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You’re only pretending to listen

When your guy tells you about his day or tells an animated story, you perfectly time your “Uh-uhs” and “Ooooh wows” just right so that he thinks you’re listening. When did his stories get so long?

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You don’t want to give him a ride

Remember the days when you’d get up at 4 am to take your guys to the airport, and you’d never let him take a cab? Now if asks you to take him anywhere, even when there is no traffic, and it’s convenient for you, you roll your eyes. You hand him cash for a taxi.

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You think his hobbies are juvenile

You used to think it was so cute when he got so into vintage records or that one video game. Now, when he’s involved in his hobby, you stare at him thinking, “Is this guy ever going to do anything with his life?!”

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You won’t wait to eat with him

There was a time when you would wait until 1 in the morning to eat dinner with your man after he finished his late night shift at work. Now, if he asks you to wait 15 minutes, you groan like this is a major annoyance.

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You talk him out of joining you somewhere

When your guy takes an interest in coming with you somewhere, you insist, “Oh. It’ll be boring for you. You won’t like it. And I need to run errands after so you’ll be stuck with me.”

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You want to move to an all women’s colony

Most of what your partner does these days has you dreaming of living in an all women’s colony. You’re even considering which of your friends you would make your wife—you’re not gay, but at least, your friend would clean up after herself!