intimacy for me is just being close , sharing , communicating, trusting wholeheartedly.

There's physical intimacy and emotional intimacy but my favorite is intimacy with a hot fudge sundae!

honesty

correction :


honesty + freedom

A His n Hers Scent

I think it means so close that the other person truly gets you and knows you inside and out and you also know them and get them. Complete trust.

love, honesty,compassion, strength and also the physical

Intimacy is the glue that holds me together. Just to know that I can be there for my children no matter what is a gift. To be there for them and not to judge them and let them grow their tools for life is my goal. My friends are the best. They would do anything for me as I would for them. But the best part is relationship with some one special. You can look at them and know just what they are thinking and then to help them is intimate. Then at night.. to pull her close hold her and whisper sweet nothings. Its the world to me to share that experiance.

For me - I had a tdoc tell me, I needed to LEARN intimacy - not throw people away, when I disagree with them...

Hard lesson - then I had to learn, how NOT to put up with unacceptable behavior!

To me intimacy has nothing to so with sex. I've had sex with people I'd never be intimate with. Intimacy has to do with sharing your true self with another, open honest communication. I've found women are much better at it than men ( a generality) but I have met men who were capable of it. It means sharing your true feelings without reservation. It's the closest from of a relationship.

It means being able to get each other ..trust one another and be there for each other through good times and bad... Opening up our very private self to someone that we know will care..empathize with and support us

I thought I had it , in my last relationship......appearently not

unconditional acceptance reciprocated, which allows the rare freedom and courage to be exactly who we are in each other's company.

deep love.

honesty and sincerity.

I had to think about this one for a little bit.

There have been times that I have shared very personal information about myself, and have been judged very critically about it, and been made to feel horrible about myself because of it.....then I wished so much that I had not shared. Those times, the intimacy was wanted, but not respected.....so some things thereafter were not always shared thoroughly, to avoid the harsh judgement.

True intimacy, to me, would be the ability to talk and discuss anything, without judgement, accepting the other person as a human, and loving them in spite of their failures, perhaps, and never making the other feel stupid or worthless, making time for each other, and making the other a priority over other things in your life. Being there for each other, and WANTING to be with each other....a special closeness, and a friendship also.

I looked on line to find out what intimacy was or could be and this was the best explanation I could find.

Intimacy is a process not a thing. It takes place over time and is not stagnant. In fact, any kind of stagnation in a relationship kills intimacy. Intimacy can also take many forms.

One form of intimacy is cognitive or intellectual intimacy where two people exchange thoughts, share ideas and enjoy similarities and differences between their opinions. If they can do this in an open and comfortable way, then can become quite intimate in an intellectual area.

A second form of intimacy is experiential intimacy or intimacy activity. Examples of this would be where people get together to actively involve themselves with each other, probably saying very little to each other, not sharing any thoughts or many feelings, but being involved in mutual activities with one another. Imagine observing two house painters whose brushstrokes seemed to be playing out a duet on the side of the house. They may be shocked to think that they were engaged in an intimate activity with each other, however from an experiential point of view, they would be very intimately involved.

A third form of intimacy is emotional intimacy where two persons can comfortably share their feelings with each other or when they empathize with the feelings of the other person, really try to understand and try to be aware of the other persons emotional side.

A fourth form of intimacy is sexual intimacy. This is the stereotypical definition of intimacy that most people are familiar with. However, a this form of intimacy includes a broad range of sensuous activity and is much more than just sexual intercourse. Its any form of sensual expression with each other. Therefore, intimacy can be many things for different people at different times.