I wife has this clinginess thing too. I put it down to separation anxiety and anti anxiety meds reduced it to a manageable level.
It can get a bit like being followed around by a puppy that's trying to cling to the leg of your trousers. It's OK for a while but the novelty wears thin, doesn't it.
It certainly does, Pete. I remember trying to 'escape' from my 4 kids at one point, and I locked myself in the loo - only for one of them to write me a note and push it under the door!!! We are in the same situation now, aren't we?