In the movie Date Night, Tina Fey and Steve Carrell play a couple struggling to revive the romance of the early days of their relationship.  When they confront this issue, they turn to fantasies as one way to re-ignite the spark.  Steve confesses that his fantasy is to be with 3 other women, to which Tina challenges him if he could keep up.

Compared to this formulaic exchange, Tina then admits that her fantasy is to go away and be alone - alone where no one is putting demands on her and she can just breathe.

Isn’t it wonderful how comedies can get us to laugh with stereotypical quips while in the next moment allow us to gain a poignant insight?  Some may be shocked by her admission that she wants to have space from the person she is trying to reignite passion with, but the fact of the matter is that having alone time is very important ingredient to a successful relationship.