Wow very nice dear .....
If you are acting needy or too available, they become uninterested quickly.....If your attention is too easy to get, you risk being walked on.... You are teaching then how you want them to treat you by what you will allow and put up with.....
If any of the above is true, then the balance of power is not even and needs to be corrected....
Don't chase them.... If you don't chase, they won't run.....Make them seek out your attention....Stop answering their every call....Make yourself unavailable by doing other things and involve lots of people..... Do not explain or offer details on where you have been unless they chases an answer......
Requesting space usually means feeling smothered.......