Girls, do you prefer your guy to give you lots of space and how much?

I really think you're a determined troll.

If you're together, then just talk whenever you want, you shouldn't really be giving off a vibe that you are too needy if you're in a relationship, unless of course you're bombarding them with texts and phone calls, not letting the other person breathe.

However, if you're just wanting to get to know the person and nothing is official, then I would just message them every so often, it's not about artificially, pretending to be busy, it's just about continuing to get on with your life, doing what you would usually be doing, if that other person was not there, basically showing that your life does not revolve around them, which I'm sure it doesn't.

Well I've been going out with her for 8 months now and for the most part I do this but sometimes I end up thinking of her even while I'm doing it...I like to think it shows I care, but I don't know whether it's being too attached.
I have over-thought on more than one occasion though, for example I'll be sitting in relaxing or studying (or just with no plans!) missing her while she's doing X like a committee or social, and feel 'hmm I really should be doing something too so I don't look like a loser' -but then I'm sure she has times I'm out and she's stuck in missing me, so perhaps this is a non-issue

Tbh this sounds silly, I think I'm about to ask the people of TSR if they're going to approve of the fact I'm in love. Ffs

I don't think it's a good idea to be comparing yourself to her. Everyone is different. Some people like to be more involved, some people prefer their own company. You don't need to be matching her and being busy every time she is, just do you and she will respect that.

I shall reply on behalf of my ex girlfriend:

"NO! I want to talk to you and be with you constantly and I don't want you to ever not be texting me if you're not with me, and I don't want you to have other friends, and I don't want you to do things that I'm not invited to as well, and I don't want to give you any chance to do the important things you need to do in your life, and I want you to not apply to Cambridge, so then you can go to a university closer to me and we never have to be apart. Or even better, you could not go to university and instead get a full-time job and then we can get our own place, and then I can have your babies and then we can never spend any time apart ever again!".

I've been with my bf for over 3 years, over 2 of those Long Distance, so we text/FB message/skype every day, several times a day.
What I don't like is having "morning" "boring day" "night" and very little variation on that all week. I like it when we can engage in discussion about what each other did today. I also love it when I get up to a cute animal picture rather than a good morning once every so often, or when I prepare the same in return!

I can understand that. After all if they're bored all week then it raises the question, are they depressed, are they too negative or is their life actually just kinda boring? All of those would be things to consider
I like the animal idea

Oh God nightmare.
In hindsight I am nowhere near this level of obsession even, if anything feeling, for example, I have to wait 36 hours instead of 32, or until she contacts me first, before contacting her because 36 was the cut off point where her interest levels would have been raised by 50%, is more of an OCD thing by the looks of it :/