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 I love Mr. Padawan, if I didn't I think I would be insane right now. This whole pandemic thing has been very stressful for this Introvert, it is so hard to get the alone time that I need to regroup and recharge.  I don't need silence but I do need people not to be around, if they are in the other room then I always have that alertness of passive listening to see if I am needed, it is draining. Mr.Padawan and I work as a team to help each other take a break as needed and support each other.  We have been (as I call it) lovingly trapped with each other for 9 months.  Sure we have had a few breaks here and there if I go to book club or the trips I took to help my parents but they were minimal breaks. This time has certainly tested our relationship in ways that I had never imagined.  There have been good times and bad, but mostly good for which I am thankful.  We have not been able to do our normal date nights, which were the standard suburban date of dinner a...