Feeling of “relief” when spending time away from partner

Piece of advice I got from my parents growing up was that your partner should be somebody that you feel completely comfortable being yourself around.

I’ve had a couple long-term relationships and I think I have always felt this however, I still get certain feelings of relief when I’m gonna be on my own for a while without my partner and I find myself wondering how normal this is or if this is a sign I’m with the wrong person

In my last relationship, my partner worked some nights and I always looked forward to those. I would eat whatever I wanted and watch whatever I want on TV no compromising or negotiation. I was always happy when he came home from work, though it was just good to have a little reset

I started a new relationship a few months ago and I’m so crazy about this guy. This past weekend we spent the whole weekend together. This is the most time we had spent together without a break. On Monday (we both had off work bc of MLK day) hang around until about 3 o’clock in the afternoon and then I started packing up to go. I probably left around four. As much as I loved my time with him, there was a certain relief. I felt when I got in the car to drive home. I put on a podcast. I have been wanting to listen to. I stopped at the grocery store and got myself something for dinner along with a few things for the house that I needed and then I parked myself in front of the TV for pretty much the rest of the evening, took a bath, played on my phone. And finish the documentary I have been watching.

Today I’m trying to figure out if I miss him or not. I definitely want to give us some space and not try and spend too much time together. It’s just so complicated.

Might also be important to add that in my last relationship I moved in with the guy very quickly. Probably was not a good thing to do but we moved in together after only like six months and I’m almost 6 months into this new relationship, but we are nowhere near Moving in together (he has a kid so that has to be a factor…also we both own our homes whereas before I was just living with family.

I would appreciate any advice on this topic. How do you know how much time is enough? How do you know if you were really being yourself, is it normal to just feel a certain relief when you’re by yourself even if you love the person ?