What do you do when you crave intimacy?

I'm asking this again because i didn't realize i clicked girls only. Don't delete my shit GaG!

I'm pretty sure the general consensus will be to have sex lol. It is GaG after all. But I don't just mean sexually. Today I've just been craving intimacy in the form of gentle touches and feeling their body near mine. I don't even want the sex. Like a good hug would be amazing right now.

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  • when I am in a relationship and with someone... intimacy as in closeness is sort of my default, whether is cuddling, snuggling, sitting next to each other is the usual most of the times

    and also make sure we spend a lot of time together in person (I do have the flexibility to cut or move working hours to a certain degree)

    but I am also used to adapt and adjust to my partners, and not all of them are the same... some are into the same kind of closeness, some have been even more into it and others less of it, they also prefer some space at times... so, I can always be fine with that, I can do it both and either way with no issue, I can go for that closeness and intimacy for either quality and quantity, lol

    and when I am single, well... I just somehow am able to shut down all of those "cravings" lmao and other kinds of cravings as well... sort of hibernating mode

    • Ok so talk to me about shutting down these cravings cuz uh... the struggle is reallll

    • lmao... well, some true talk here, I guess I am just used to that feeling the first 16 years of my life, I actually felt extremely lonely as in alienated or isolated within myself, even when I was with others, and that was a LOT of years, lol so, after also, years and years of working on it and developing to a better version of me, and me with others (in relationships) nowadays... a couple of months, or a couple of years feel like nothing much to me, lol my little struggles and phases of today, just do not compare to my big time struggles of the past other than that, I do have many and plenty of ways to distract myself from those cravings... as in, I do have my friends, my best friends, family... and now my cats lmao it is not the same thing, but the feel good hormones are the same, similar enough, lol

    • That actually makes sense I guess. I'm a loner so solitude doesn't bother me most of the time. But those moments that I do have these cravings, they can be really intense.

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  • Hmmh. I think of it as low grade sex. We need a better word for it. I don't know how it is for girls but it is very pleasant to feel your girls body against yours. Maybe her thigh pressed to yours. Her hand in yours. Your arm around with your hand in her waist. Or the movement of her body as you walk arm in arm. As a guy I enjoy feeling the femininity of my girls body against mine. Cuddling, hugging describe some activities of this nature but they aren't all encompassing terms. If your girl sits close to you and feel her curves and warmth whats that called? Sitting close doesn't describe it well nor the the feelings it can engender. Physical intimacy is too generic and usually associated with thrusting hip movements.

    Of course the low level stuff can escalate up.

    Glad you brought this up.

    • All of this

Most Helpful Girls

  • It depends what intimacy I crave. When i crave emotional or sexual intimacy I will go hug my husband or kiss him or just sit by him. When i crave intellectual or communication intimicy I will talk to the people on the internet or my mom. When I crave aesthetic intimacy I will post a photo on facebook. Spiritual intimacy I talk to God. Recreational intimacy I play piano or guitar by myself.

    • I love this

  • Hmmm... I make it a:

    A.) Spa-day/night + movie

    B.) Girl's Night (family only) XD

    C.) Nap time with a GOD blanket, and then wake up to do something refreshingly active

    (it's the perfect mix of rest- then shake the hell out of yourself and go fucking live bitch!)

    lol then once in a blue moon it was yk.. some flirt or so... we won't go into details though. xP

    • Lmao got it

    • lmaoOo I'm just laughing today on GaG. it's been great. Aside- glad you got this one XD Wait... For real though._. ... I hope you and others find some really helpful inputs here. It can be a bummer when those moments happen. ;-;

    • For sure

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  • We've got a custom here to deal with that issue, it's called a cwtch. It's sort of a non sexual hug/snuggle up. And yes you do keep your clothes on

    • Sounds interesting

  • Hubby generally likes to cuddle, so I can just start snuggling up to him and he is receptive.

  • I look at my stock portfolio and realize Jerome Powell and Biden fucked me harder than any human can. Should’ve closed my positions during the August bear market rally. Now Powell will probably raise the fed fund rate until we get a recession which means equities are fucked.

    • Same with my crypto

  • I’d give you a giant bear hug if I could.

    • Lol thanks

  • I always want intimacy...
    Something shifted between the guy I'm seeing he's no longer talking with me and the very thing he knows I hate he's doing.
    I feel it's his way of saying he no longer wants to see me.
    I'm craving the closeness you get from a friend, a best friend, a loving partner.
    These days I just feel depressed, and sleep because I just can't cope with it all.

    • That's unfortunate. But also just showing you that this guy wasn't the one for you. It's not fun when someone you care about starts acting weird. I hope you feel better.

    • Thank you... Maybe it's this period why I'm feeling so rubbish!

  • Snuggle on the couch and watch movies.

  • When I'm single I just go to bed early and often feel better by morning. 😅

    When I'm in a relationship though I just hug them more or cuddle more. I'm not a very sexual person.

  • Just hugs 🤗. Start there. Hold hands. Or just kiss your partner randomly or give them back rubs and be close. Hear their heart beat. It beats for you 🥰

  • I just enjoy it and let it build, sex starts long before the act.


    Sometimes I roll over and play dumb when I know she’s in the mood, this is a tricky road though and I always flip the switch just as she thinks it’s not going to happen.


    Without a word spoken or a kiss I’ll bury my head between her legs and enjoy that 1st groan.


    The element of surprise is often overlooked but should never be underestimated.

    • 😫😫😫

  • Now as a single.. nothing, get over it and keep going and focusing on my goals

    • Ok...

  • I crave it in the sense of deep conversations while cuddling

    • That would be perfect actually

    • Yeah it’s truly underrated

    • Very.

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  • I want the romantic closeness of being ONE with my wife, both mentally and physically. I want to be in her and I want her to want me in her. I want t to caress and to be caressed. I want to kiss and be kissed. I want to lick and be licked. I want to intermix our fluids and share. That’s intimate.

    • Nice

  • Well, since I'm single at the moment there is not that much I can do to solve that craving. I usually ignore it tbh. When it gets really hard to get past I hug my mom or my brother or I read a romantic book/watch a romantic movie hahah.

    • Lol I've been reading a lot of romance lately

  • Are you single, because try living with your "partner" and craving it. I'm to the point where my eyes are wondering; I know where that leads.

    • Well have you talked to your partner?

    • Oh yea, taken numerous approaches, every one I can think of.

  • Nothing

  • i just back read my ex conversation with me.

  • Hug a girl from the side and slowly kiss her neck, ask her if she felt like cuddling and spooning then take things from there, we don't have to have sex that is up to her I don't know why cuddling, kissing, hugging got to lead sex, sure I will get turned on but I can control things and can control me being turned on.

  • I hug my brother. Intimacy doesn't have to be romantic, not always. You can get it from family too.

    • I also like to annoy my crush🥰🥰

    • Absolutely. My grown ass definitely goes to my mama when I need a good hug.

  • I talk to my boyfriend usually

  • How about maybe telling him because maybe he doesn't know, my wife and I will lay down and watch a movie in which case I always end up wrapped around her holding her in my arms.
    But if we're not watching a movie she just tells me she wants to be held or whatever and it is actually me that wants things sometimes but I don't tell her so they don't get done

    • There is no him to tell lol

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