intimacy: it's more than what happens between the sheets after a romantic dinner

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I've been happily married for many years. I'd like to share some advice I learned from my priest. He told me to develop mastery in the area of "verbal intimacy." He said the love between two people who know how to be intimate with each other grows dramatically through the years. Men seem to be confused about the meaning of intimacy. They think it's something that's done between the sheets after a romantic dinner. Intimacy is when you truly listen to one another and know all the deepest secrets. It's trust. It's knowing who your mate truly is, and accepting and loving them. Men have a hard time expressing their emotions. When they find the right woman they need to be emotionally healthy enough to express what they are feeling. They also need to exercise judgement before they pour their heart out. They need to be sure their wife is emotionally healthy as well