purplerein said:

For who????

Yes it DOES!

luv4all7 said:

seriously??
SERIOUSLY!!

SammiJ said:

Nooooo. I AM being serious this time.
Sex has A LOT to do with intamacy.
How do U have sex with someone and NOT feel intimate with them????

luv4all7 said:

the same way u can feel intimate with someone and NOT have sex.
trust me, i know this.

SammiJ said:

Oh I agree, that U can feel intimate with someone with out having sex with them.
But I also know that I can't have sex with someone without feeling intimate.
No MATTER how low and shallow the circumstance may be, I've always felt SOMETHING.

luv4all7 said:

point taken, but at the same time sex can't be everything like the thread discusses because sex and intimacy are two completely different things...some people feel one while doing the other, and some others don't even care...
i believe that with sex comes intimacy, but the whole notion OF sex has nothing to do with it on the grander scale of things...
i look @ it as a yin and yang...both very different, but each have traces of the other within.

Sammi then what do you think is the biggest form of intimacy?
[Edited 8/17/06 9:06am]

luv4all7 said:

its a deeper connection on a higher level than sex.
its knowing everything about your lover inside and out
it's not all about the physical.

SammiJ said:

Okay.
I agree to a point.

Anx said:

co-sign

luv4all7 said:

no baby doll, it doesn't

purplerein said:

Eh.
I guess everyone's different.
In my experience it has.

I feel if you are in a relationship that has no intimacy then it will effect the sex- then the lack of sex can effect the intimacy of the relationship.

SammiJ said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

it's also being able to communicate with your lover. shared fears hopes and dreams, and have them received in a non judgemental way

sex is everything.

purplerein said:

i hope there's more of us in the world

Imago said:

I know.
Whatever already.
I've been in all types of relationships
and it's ALWAYS come down to SEX.
Try to have a relationship WITHOUT it.
Yeah. OKAY.
[Edited 8/17/06 10:21am]

luv4all7 said:

SammiJ said:

Maybe not sex... but certainly sexual attraction has something to do with it. Can two heterosexual males be intimate?

Anx said:

http://www.prince.org/msg/3/199069

I like cheesecake.

Sex isn't everything, but there are so many things that are colored and influenced by (and extensions of) sex, even if they are not themselves sex, like intimacy, flirting, clothing, dance, music, painting, hairstyles, movies, food, conversations, flowers, nature, beauty, and on and on.

sex is definitely NOT everything. lol...

sex is kind of like eating good food, it's very temporary fixes of pleasure... people with great sex lives still end up killing each other.

coolcat said:

absolutely. two best friends can share intimate feelings. I have a guy I've been friends with for over 20 years, and I shared feelings with him I haven't shared with other people. intimacy isn't a physical thing

NDRU said:

= to sublimate has a lot to do with all this (imo)

Can a relationship and/or marriage survive without sex? (if you are younger with no physical limitations?)

virginie74 said:

Exactly, they're ways of expressing sexuality without being vulgar (if I understand you right).
[Edited 8/17/06 12:35pm]

No, but toenails on the otherhand.

NDRU said:

You did.

SammiJ said:

point taken but more times than not intimacy leads to sex. the deeper connection on a higher level, knowing everything about your lover and so on makes the sex that much better.