In your opinion, what's the most intimate thing in a relationship that's not sexual?

[OKrts98]

[RavVid]

I don't think we have a good word for it. It is exactly like as in the picture, close casual touch of body to body, sitting close together.

At once it is both sexual but isn't. I'll be intimately aware of the shape of your body and the smoothness of your skin. It is sexual but just not being sexually acted on at the moment but might be in a few moments more.

Holding hands can varying from being warm & comfortable to sexelectric where you know your partner wants sex and wants it 5 minutes ago.

To me it is more of a gray scale from the pic to vigorous fucking and there is nothing non-sexual between a guy and girl who fancy each other.

[Tragee78]

There are many things I'd say that are very intimate. For instance: I think caressing is my way of doing small intimate things. If my wife and I are out in public and we sit with each other I would find myself rubbing little circles around her arm or gently caressing them as well and even when we are home too. I really like to take candid photos of my wife and, I do like to take selfies of us as well. Intimacy in a relationship is not always sexual. I would say that I like forms of non-sexual intimacy a little more than sexual!

[Emelina]

My ex boyfriend, we would get into bed naked and we just cuddle, the warmth of our body touching felt super amazing, that we just felt asleep just knowing we really enjoyed each other's company. Nothing sexual just the skin to skin touch was our thing that we loved in our relationship.

[cyclingkmi]

This didn't make any of you sexually aroused? Did he not get an erection?

[Emelina]

Nope, but by the morning hell ya!! Lol. 🤣😁

[cyclingkmi]

Did you feel aroused by looking at his erected dick?

[Pinay_ako]

Holding hands while walking. It’s natural to have our hands together without even trying. That’s the most intimate thing for me whenever I see couples holding hands in public, especially older couples. I go aww 🥰

[kylee2437]

Being able to effectively communicate and find mutualness, even in situations where two may not agree

[jennifer_bloom]

I think a hug. I think my cousin is the only person in my life who hugs me cause our family is too proud and views hugs as a half sexual act so even among same gender family members it does not happen to each other.

[AviatorTom]

Giving your partner a massage.

[WanderingLoveWizard]

Emotional vulnerability. Anything from crying your eyes out to telling them your deepest darkest secrets. That's about as non-sexually intimate as it gets

[nolabels]

Letting someone know WHO YOU ARE, at your core, in your guts, in your soul.

[Anemone978]

Hugging and having your head pet, telling each other your inner most feeling for one an other.

[Kelly6]

And cuddling

[Gent207-2]

Prayer/worship

Perspective sharing - when she tells me how it was when we met from her POV. Or How she came to believe whatever she believes

[Lionman95]

Telling the other person what they meet to you. Either in time alone or writting a letter to the other person, in other words being more vulnerable than in your day to day life together.

[KittyKat90210]

For me it's talking openly and honesty with each other about anything, without worrying about any judgement.

[Jazzy54]

Well, quality time is one of my love languages so just spending time with a guy and having a meaningful conversation. 😊

[Camelia7012]

When you're face to face and you lock in with the eyes and say "i love you" its very intimate

[therealricksanchez]

Knowing the other person's deepest feelings, insecurities... things that you don't tell anyone

[Blackcupcake]

comfort and safety… both physical, mental and emotional…

[Anonymous]

Acts of kindness, gestures of affection, and expressions of love that are not sexual in nature, such as preparing a favorite meal, leaving love notes, or offering a massage, can contribute to emotional closeness and intimacy.

[DizzyDesii]

Randomly saying I Love You (and meaning it) and also having deep convos about the future together

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Cuddling, just the thought of being wrapped up in the shoulders of someone I love gives me sense of peace and butterflies at the same time.

[Anonymous]

i think knowing someone inside out and having that kind of reliance on one another is quite intimate itself

[siseñor]

the vulnerability that being in a relationship forces you to share, and the acceptance of it

[anon1903]

Share a bed without doing it. It's my mom's dream (she's an ace).

[Pyrofox]

Long walks together on a beach at sunset and taking in the time together.