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He's generally a nice guy, but he can be quite arrogant fairly often, and is never, ever wrong. He will not accept any criticism at all and has extremely back handed comments to anyone he perceives has any negative thoughts about him. That's why I find it hard to just tell him politely that I need some space - he takes stuff like that extremely personally.
For example, a flatmate and good friend moved out yesterday to live with his long-term girlfriend and he has taken it personally and is now very bitter, saying he's "abandoned" us and generally has nothing nice to say about the one who has just left. (There is nothing sinister behind his moving out.)
But basically he's a nice guy and chatting and hanging around is a lot of fun, I'd just rather leave that to when I'm in the kitchen/common areas or out at the pub. When I come back from work I just want time to myself and to have my room as mine instead of somewhere he feels he can hang out no matter what I might be doing. It doesn't sound like a healthy thing, but it's not as if I'm trying to be a recluse, I just want a few hours where I can do my own thing.
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