What’s your definition of intimacy?

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1. Most people mean sex but intimacy is specifically an emotional connection that may or may not be related to sex.

2. I think intimacy is very similar to vulnerability. You can be intimate with someone by just sharing sexual preferences and desires, hugging or cuddling, being naked together, having sex, etc. Intimacy to me is more than just the act of intercourse or sexual interaction, but connecting and being vulnerable with someone.

3. It means different things in different contexts. Some people use it as a euphemism for sex. It also can just mean an emotional closeness and vulnerability with someone (whether sexual or not).

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4. Oof. Idk I think intimacy can be so many different things. What it was to me 10 years ago is different than it is now. My husband and I have been together for 14 years and it has definitely changed over the years.

   I guess intimacy is whatever makes you feel emotionally connected to the other person and it has a sense of vulnerability to it.