My boyfriend resents me for spending too much time together
My boyfriend and I have been together for 7 years, roughly 5 of those years we spent living long distance. About 2 years ago I moved to his country to be closer together and got a flat in the same city as him but still lived separately. 6 months ago we bought a house and finally started living together.
I was really excited with this since we finally got to spend more time physically together, but now he says it's too much. I can see his point since we work at the same company as well, so we'll often drive to and from work together and then we're at home together after work. I however don't feel the same way. We work in separate departments so I never cross paths with him at work, we're not even on the same floor as each other. When we're at home after work we're both sitting in the same room but we're on our own individual PC's playing our own games separately. I enjoy living parallel to him but doing our own things, still though I want to make him happy and respect his needs.
I've suggested to him that if he wants some alone time he can take a walk around the neighborhood or plan time to see his friends as he makes no effort to leave the house alone. He however thinks that I'm the one who needs to leave the house. He says because I have no friends he would feel guilty going to see his friends and leaving me behind. I have friends back in my home country who I text on occasion but I haven't really made any new friends since moving however, I don't feel like I'm lacking anything by not knowing anyone here to go spend time with. I'm quite introverted so I'm more than happy spending time by myself doing crafts or gardening.
I feel like I get a good amount of time by myself focusing on my own hobbies. Yes my boyfriend is physically always nearby but I'm doing my own things. I've told him this and told him he doesn't need to worry about leaving me by myself if he wants to go see his friends. I've even asked him if it would work better for him if we schedule one night a week as a dedicated night for him to have some uninterrupted "me time". He doesn't quite seem to like my suggestions but yet doesn't have any suggestions himself. When I ask how we can try to fix this he just tells me he doesn't know.
Does anyone have any ideas I can bring up to him to try?