Not single anymore
I've been single for over 5 years and have now settled down with a really great girl. I know it will take a while to get used to living with someone, but I do struggle to get used to the busy family life, she has 2 kids. is it normal to feel like this. sometimes I want to just go and sit in a room on my own 
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My o/h and I need time apart with different friends, doing our own thing. He works away sometimes and I like having the place to myself to read, potter about, watch some dvds whatever.
Always thrilled when he comes home of course, and that's what keeps things fresh and exciting.
We have traveled the world together and regularly take 2/3 days breaks away with just each other.
We also have a group of friends we holiday and socialise with.
On the other hand she has her group of friends and so do I and we both take the opportunity to spend time with them without each other.
Adjusting to a new partner with children is, understandably, a challenge.
Talk about it with your partner.
Seriously though I agree with the others, being with someone doesn't mean you need to be with them 24/7.
Also adapting to a partner and 2 kids is a lot more of an adjustment to just moving in with someone.
I am sure you'll figure it out !!
Yes it is, on both sides.
It is great that you both felt ready to live with each other and show that commitment, however going in to a busy house does take some adapting to.
Communication is key to all of this, just tell her what you have told us and I am sure she will understand.
My husband had to adapt to my busy household, but I was very aware that he needed his own space at times so managed to keep things ok enough for all of us that hopefully managed to ease those first few months of teething troubles.
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You always come over as much younger on here you know, I thought you were 40ish.
I feel the need to spend time in a room on my own (preferably a darkened one) after just an afternoon with the OH's nieces and nephews, so I'd say that's normal.
I sometimes think part of what makes a relationship work is the ability to spend time together in what a friend calls "companionable silence". My partner and I do this a lot - one of us reading, the other watching tv or surfing the net.
Everyone needs a bit of quiet time imo.
It's a perfectly normal feeling if they're between 6 months and about 12 years. After that, they prefer to be in a room by themselves.
Bloody hell your parents should be ashamed of themselves.