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I don't think the OP and ShaniFaye's statement are mutually exclusive. Sure, if you take Shani's quote out of context, it sounds overly needy... the "all their time" part. But most of us know Shani around here, and we know that she and Dave have an awesome relationship. I would say that what she has, works for her, and works for a lot of people in intimate relationships. Most people in relationships enjoy spending their free time together, even if it's just sitting in the same house, doing separate things (at least, I do).

I think most of us, given the question of whether or not we feel we have enough time with our loved ones (especially the most significant other in our lives), would say that we don't have enough time... simply because life is so damn crazy most of the time, and time gets eaten up by other things.

But, I think what Shani was responding to, was not that every couple should want to spend every second together... (which is what this OP seems to have picked up). Rather, I think she was responding to what even Little Tippler pointed out in the aforementioned thread:

The whole thing just sounds like an unhealthy relationship (in the other thread). I think Shani (and Tippler) was pointing that fact out... not that people should be obsessed with each other, but that they should at least *want* to spend quite a bit of time together. Why else would you be dating/married to someone??

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