Oh I can DEFINITELY relate. I think men need company...all the time! It never fails, if I take a day off to get things done, he will find a reason to be home too. I don't want to hurt his feelings, but there are days when I just want to be home ALONE, or go shopping ALONE. It is nothing personal, but my analysis is that all day every day (at work and at home) we are taking care of other people. There are just times when we want to do our own thing without anyone else around. Even if we explained it to them they wouldn't understand!