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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH and I both WFH full time.  I dislike being home together all the time because it's SO MUCH TIME TOGETHER.  He drives me nuts, though I love him.  He asks me what I'm eating, asks me for updates on snacks, whistles non-stop, wants to tell me about boring work calls.  I miss being home ALONE.  I used to have one WFH day a week that I loved because I was home ALONE all day.  That never happens now.  I am adjusting, but I still miss the alone time.

Now, there are certainly perks too, especially when it comes to child care because we have young kids.

If I were you, I'd work on giving her space as much as possible when you are WFH.  Obviously, it's your house too.  But ask her what ways you could back off a bit so she isn't so irritated by your presence.  Do you request lunch?  Do you come into the kitchen at 10am right when she's done cleaning up and leave crumbs on the counter?  Do you try to talk to her for 90 seconds every 8 minutes?
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This is pretty much me, except our kids are older, so the perks aren't there.

My spouse does not have friends of his own, and the prospect of being his only social contact/source for entertainment makes me cringe. I want time to myself. I want to announce that I'm taking off for a day or a week and not have it turn into some sort of negotiation, because it would be fine with me if he wanted to do the same, but he doesn't.

He also only does chores as assigned -- I keep track of maintenance, know what needs to be fixed/replaced and how to do that, etc. I like hanging around with the guy,  but I would much rather have my own place, and our respective retirements will be the opposite of that. [/quote]

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