Try this
- Name the time or space you want alone and any shared plan it affects.
- Coordinate those logistics without making solitude a reward for completing together-time. Offer a later shared activity only if you actually want it.
A worked example
“I’d like Saturday morning to myself, then I’d enjoy lunch together.”
An invented example to adapt, not a real exchange or a script you have to follow.
Before you leave it here
Avoid making together-time a payment for permission to spend time alone.