My husband is more introverted than I am, and he needs quiet and alone time to decompress alot more than I do. He goes to one end of the house and stays there, and i go to the other and stay there, and I leave him alone until he emerges. When he wants to eat, he will go in the kitchen and get it himself and eat alone, or we get Chinese take out and he makes a plate and goes back and hides.

This is perfectly fine with me because then he is not 'under foot' and I can get my quilting done and watch my shows and listen to my music, which he does not like.

One cat sits on him and the other sits on me. They are not too demanding, just good company. After the human timeshare period is up, the cats switch laps.

This works for us. If he wants me, he knows where to find me.