So in class today the question of can intimacy be without touching? For older people are younger people. For me the answer is NO! Intimacy, especially in our culture is a big part of relationships. For example sex is a big intimacy trigger. People have sex for the pleasure yes, but it also makes one feel closer to their partner. Even if you wait along to have sex there are still ways of being intimate. For example kissing, holding hands, cuddling and all ways to show that you’re intimate with one another. If I had that boyfriend that wouldn’t like holding hands with me or kissing me I would feel no real connection to them. Yeah there is more than just kissing to a relationship, but that is one of the ways to feel closer to your boyfriend. Also with having sex (when you’re younger and maybe some older people) it is an exciting creative way to show intimacy toward that person. Now some older people don’t have sex, but they show they are intimate with one another just by a kiss. I feel like for them they have already done that young wild life already, so now they show their love in different ways.
I believe that there can be intimacy with another person that does not involve needing to touch each other. Words can be very intimate. Many people today start relationships with others over the internet by chatting online, sending emails, or by talking and interaction with a web cam. Miliatary couples often must speak over the phone or though some electronic means when they are seperated. A persons actions can also be relay a persons affections. By creating the perfect dinner and night out doing things that they have in common a couple can also find a closness and intimacy in their relationship, but I do not think that a successful long term relationship can survive without some type of physical interaction. Some form of physical contact such as holding hands, a kiss on the cheek, or cuddling next to one another is necessary in order to make a relationship work. It creates a closeness, I believe, that is needed for the relationship to continue. Sexual intimacy I think is more important in relationships involving younger couples and often is not as necessary as they get older but touching another person is a sign of affection and I believe it is needed by everyone no matter who they are.
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