Have you ever said, "I need my space?"?

No, I use Facebook.

I can’t say that I have actually said it aloud but there have been times where I’ve felt overwhelmed and I need to just be somewhere else. The technique I use is getting in my car and just driving. I get a lot of thinking done when I’m in my car, it’s pretty much the only place where I can be alone.

Never said it. I don’t need space, I need him closer and closer.

I have plenty of space but yes I can always do with more, specifically when its away from people who irritate, bother, insult, anger, terrify, trouble and demean me… and sometimes I’m not even aware that these are the reasons at the time

Definitely not an uncommon phrase for me. Mostly when I need to think things over and talking to someone else will make my mind feel too cluttered. It’s usually useful to me, it keeps me from getting overwhelmed.

Nope, I don’t need space.

I don’t need space. I actually dislike “space”

Space or time alone keeps me sane, it’s one reason why I love(hate) to run, it’s only me and the pup in the bush. I don’t necessarily say it, I just arrange my life in such a way that I have it. It is like meditation in motion for me because sitting still seems like a waste of time and is too hard to do.

Yes I say it every day. I live in someone else’s house, live my life around someone else’s schedule, go to someone else’s church. Not that it’s a bad thing necessarily but it would be nice to have a life with the one I love instead of being here.

Ohhh @Dibley , you so Sweet- I agree. If I can’t feel the wifes Heat on my skin she’a too far away!!! And she LOVES the closeness and while we are walking will put her hand up my T- Shirt just above my waist just to have skin-to-skin. btw- you might like a Nudist Camp- you can get real close and not have to worry!

I said something very similar to this to my first wife when we were two years into a disastrous marriage. I meant to tell her that we needed to divorce and she got the picture quickly because I was very clear as to what needed to happen. I got exactly the space I was looking for and it did fulfill my needs in that I got away from her and spent a good amount of time afterward healing and getting my self-esteem back after she ruined that and my life during our time together.

As a matter of fact…

I’ve said it a couple of times (not in a break-up situation though). I said it because I needed some space to be alone with my thoughts.

I find being alone with my thoughts make them clearer, and i can trust them more.

I would be embarrassed using that expression now. I used it in the past though. I also heard it a few times.

I said this when I didn’t have romantic feelings towards my partner any longer but didn’t know the source, I felt I was stalling for time, hoping for some miracle to change my feelings back but it neve came.

When I found out something I was furious. I needed to be alone else I would have snapped at an innocent person who didn’t deserve it. I wanted to be alone because I’ll be the first one to say that I can have quite a temper. An ex said that I slept with him when it never happened and I would have taken my anger out on anyone I was just so infuriated. I had hoped that I would cool down with some alone time and be able to take care of the issue. Since I’m a straight A student, I’m in honor society, key club….ect most people didn’t believe him.After boiling in my own juices I was a lot calmer which saved my ex’s butt or else I’d have kicked it in.

I think space is a stupid thing to ask for…. if you feel smothered from being loved then maybe you don’t love that person as much as they love you… wanting space is a silly way of saying you want some distance because you don’t feel like you love them so much. Don’t try and say you want space…don’t make them read between the lines… say what you want straight out. but saying you need space is typical…
I reckon asking your girlfriend/boyfriend for space won’t let them understand very well of what you need. make something up! like you really need this time to catch up with friends because you feel that part of you has disappeared. By giving a reason is so much easier to understand. But if you want full on 2 weeks away from your loving partner, then theres something wrong and your running away from fixing the problem.

Only that one time when Dr. Evil locked me up in the “Matter, Energy, Time” universe. I would have been doomed if I hadn;t have had a couple of hits of purple haze in my pocket to get me Spaced Out.

I need my alone time, every day, or I’d go insane. Like @rooeytoo, I don’t explicitly say it so much as arrange my life in order to have it. (For instance, it’s almost 1AM here, and my husband has been asleep since 9.) I may have said it aloud a time or two, but usually it’s not necessary to go that far in order to get it.

of course every one needs some time away or alone, but saying ‘I need space’ even if nothings wrong between the two of you is pretty typical and stupid…just implies so much and also can imply straight up, i’m not in love with you at the moment…go away for a while, maybe I’ll see if the love comes back… but if you want alone time the best way to put it is make it a personal matter, or give a valid reason (but don’t dump the problem on them)... then every one gets the hint, don’t make it a “it’s you, not me, so I need to go away and breath”....thats mean…. and who will want to hear that and think every things ok?....