Definitely I need my time. Always have, always will. He understands and leaves me alone with my book, computer, drawing, whatever. We also do things with friends that have nothing to do with each other. I think that is important too. A couple should never be totally tied up in each other, it's not healthy. So I'll go shopping or to a museum with a friend and he goes on a bike ride or goes hunting with friends.

I definitely agree. If you want to be accountability partners and go to the gym together or workout together, that's fine. Personally, I work full time and have 3 kids. When I exercise, it is totally my time for me.

Amen. We deserve two to three (or more please please) hours a day. That is what my physician had told a few years ago "Have two hours for yourself at the gym" and god I love it. Cheers!

I spend a lot of time on the computer, walking. Yesterday, was the first time I went to the Mall in a very long time. I am going to change that in the future and make sure that I get some Mall shopping time...................My husband is disabled so he needs a lot of time, but I need some time alone. Karin

I love my alone time. We spend 1-2 nights together a week, which is perfect right now. I spend time with my friends when I can

This is probably going to be an unpopular response, but I honestly think the whole idea of "me time" is overrated. I am a solitary person by nature (a writer), but I think that I could count on my fingers the number of days in which I've had any significant amount of uninterrupted time to myself since my daughter was born 12 years ago. I really don't think that I'm any the worse for wear for it.

why would it be unpopular --- that works for you, and i think it's great!

maybe it's the nature of my job (which i adore), but i'm around kids/people all the time --- it's nice to have some time for me, the me that's not someone's mom and the me that's not someone's teacher/surrogate mom.