Something about my relationship I love with my wife is that we give eachother space when we need it. I have a good friend who's wife keeps him on a tight leash. By this I mean he can't even watch sports if she's around. With us it's like, if she needs space, she goes out and plays cards with the women in my family on Saturday nights (she's an only child). If I want to go out I say "I'm going out". This is not to say I spend my time carousing. But if I want to go to a movie with my friends, I just do. The same with her. It's not good to be always with eachother all the time. We spend time together at night during the week, after the kids are in bed, which usually means we're both exhausted, but we chill with a glass of wine in front of the fire and watch some dumb-a## show and make fun of it together. Even if we wind up falling asleep, at least we do it together.