You have jobs, a daughter, and lots of demands on your time. Getting together alone is a challenge and a sweet reward. As it should be for young couples because that's how you build the secret story of your marriage...one memory at a time.
When you are literally together 24/7 it's a challenge to find things you haven't experienced together. And you need that to keep life fresh and interesting. It's not that I want to do things without him. It's doing some things alone so we still have the sense of independence that we found attractive in one another.
Bless you ... you are so much more eloquent than I am ...