Spending Quality Time with the Wife

My wife was a little disappointed last night with the amount of couple time we spend together. We both thought that living together would allow us more ''us'' time, but the fact is it hasn't. There is always something to do, groceries to buy or people coming over. Basically, most of the time we're busy. Another thing that doesn't help is that we do not necessarily have the same interests. I play video games, she doesn't, I watch TV shows that she doesn't, etc... I like my time to be able to do these things as well but then it really leaves us with minimal ''us'' time.

What we're having trouble with now is finding a balance. She likes to cuddle together in bed, but I like to stay up late. So what I told her is that I would come to bed early with her a few times a week. This will cut down on my video game playing time but I want her to be happy and to do what she likes to do as well. She also expressed her interest in watching some TV shows with me and maybe some movies together. We do not watch the same televeision shows at all except The Walking Dead. What I would like to do is maybe look up some easy watching shows that we would both like and then get into those shows together. It will allow us to cuddle up on the couch together as I know that's what her real goal is. In the movie department we are okay because, even though she will never admit it, she likes horror movies. They are the only movies she won't fall asleep watching. The good news here is that I am a horror movie buff and I own over 100 horror movies.

I also like my alone time and I need to express that to her without making it look like I don't want to be with her. She needs way less alone time than I do so it's hard for her to understand the importance of alone time. In fact, she hates being alone and I absolutely love it. It gives me time to think and to do the things I like to do without any else around to bother me.

We will find a compromise and i'm sure in the end, we will both get what we want. I just wish there were more hours in a day...