Intimacy And Marriage

Copyright Steven M. Cohn, PhD

It would seem that intimacy and marriage go hand and hand, that is, until you really begin to dig beneath the surface and ask exactly "what do you mean by intimacy?"

When most people think about intimacy and marriage they think about warm and fuzzy feelings that they have for their partner. Or, a close and special connection with their spouse. The truth is that intimacy isn't always warm or close.

Actually, sometimes intimacy doesn't really feel very good at all. Intimacy is all about being able to be yourself inside of an important relationship. That is, not losing yourself even when your partner or spouse is seriously disagreeing with what you are saying or how you are behaving. Another truth about intimacy is that achieving it takes a lot of work and true intimacy can sometimes take years to build into a marriage or relationship.

The first article in this section is titled: Sexual Intimacy In Marriage


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