How do I tell her that I need personal space?

My girlfriend moved away from her home hundreds of miles away to study here. She only goes home once a year. She has a younger brother studying here too, but it isn't near either and as she has no self-transport, they rarely see each other. So, my girlfriend stays here alone by herself, renting a room in an apartment.

I meet her almost everyday, and if not, every other day. Sometimes when I am not meeting her, I would like to spend my personal time doing things that I like. I am living with my family. The problem is my girlfriend expect me to be online whenever I'm not meeting her so we can chat, and she can get to know whatever I'm doing. If I have to stay online, I can't do other things because she would send me a message every now and then and I need to reply her. I can't do things ouside my bedroom, I can't play computer games or do other stuffs. Today she got angry just because I never told her on msn that I was going to bath. Duh!

How to tell her I need the personal space?

It's hard for girls to understand about men and their space sometimes. I think your girl is taking this to an extreme with this constant check-in business, and isn't the makings of a healthy relationship. If I weren't so lazy, I'd go get some of my relationship books to quote to you- but you might want to tell her to pick up "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus". You just have to let her know that in order for you to be her other half, you still have to take time to get your thoughts together. Girls usually think that guys don't like them enough, and that's why they want some time apart. You just need to let her know that you do care about her, but in order to keep your man-sanity you have to do your own thing sometimes. We (us girls) never really get it, but it's just something we have to come to terms with.

On a side note, it sounds like this girl has some inappropriate attachment issues. It's one thing to want to spend time with someone, its another to be demanding that they spend every waking minute talking to them. Girls love random acts of kindness... i think if you do stupid cute things every once in a while just to let her know you are thinking about her then maybe she won't need the constant reassurance that you care about her. Send flowers, make her a card... yes, we really do love that crap.

well if you do not want a relationship with this girl tell her, it seems like you need all your time to yourself, tell her so she can find somebody else that will respect her

well if she acts like that i no how u feel. what u can do is sit down with her and just say what u feel she should understand. hope that helps.

Let her know that you appreciate that she values your relationship so much. She may be so needy and demanding because she is so far away from home. She definitely needs something to fill her time other than sitting around on her computer all day. Does she have any friends? Tell her you just need some alone time, and that this doesn't reflect on her. Maybe suggest she meets friend from her college or maybe join a club or take up a hobby to help fill her time - but that could come off sounding bad so do it tactfully. Because if she doesn't have something to fill her time it is going to make it next to impossible for her to leave you alone. Maybe set out times during the week or weekend when you want to be alone (Monday 7-9pm, or something), and ask her not contact you during these times because you need to be doing other things. That way she has clear cut times when she shouldn't contact you unless it's very important. Good luck :-)