1. Understand the smotherer. Sometimes you will be smothered in a relationship because of insecurity on the side of your partner, child, or friend. They feel like they have to always touch you, know where you are, be with you, or whatever other form of smothering they do as a way to ensure for themselves that you love them. So, one of the ways to make a smothering relationship more enjoyable is to find a way to make the smotherer feel more secure. Let them know how you feel about them, and do so constantly. This will help them to overcome the need to smother you. Often times it is a lack of attention to them that causes them to become smotherers in the first place.
2. Ask for parameters. Whether it is your child or your lover, a smotherer can really start to bug if you do not set some parameters. So, set some. Tell them that at night, or during television time they can snuggle, and be close, but when you are working, or making dinner, or something else that they need to respect your personal bubble. You can set specific hours, or just make it clear to them when you are not in the mood to be smothered. It is up to you to set these parameters to a level that makes you comfortable, so be sure that you are clear and concise about what you expect, and how it is expected. If you are being smothered it is because you are allowing yourself to be smothered. So, do not let them control you, or call you a million times, turn off your phone, shut the door and lock it when you want to be alone, etc. It is up to you to set the guidelines and stick to them.
3. Learn to like being smothered some. It is amazing how annoying being smothered can be to some, and how others would love to have just a little taste of it. If you want to make your smothering relationship more enjoyable talk to someone who has an opposite relationship and you may gain some appreciation for what you have. It can be hard to like it when you do not see anything but that, but when you recognize that some people get no attention instead of too much you may appreciate it more. Of course this is going to depends on the type of person you are, but you love the person who is smothering you and chances are you would rather have a little too much attention then none at all.

Smothering relationships can be hard. It is difficult to have someone so co-dependant on you and someone that is calling you constantly and needing you constantly, but it can also be nice to know you are loved and needed. It is nice to know someone cares enough to smother you. So, make sure you help the smotherer know how you feel. Help them to gain some confidence in you and your relationship with them. This should ease the smothering and make the relationship more enjoyable and one you can learn to appreciate. If these above tips do not work you may have to consider a new partner as smothering is not easy to overcome, but can be done gradually. So work with your partner, and work with yourself to appreciate the love and attention more. You will start to enjoy your relationship more and not care as much about being smothered.