{"id":14648,"date":"2020-01-11T20:36:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T20:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=14648"},"modified":"2020-01-11T20:36:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T20:36:51","slug":"5-ways-to-create-intimacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/sexual-health\/5-ways-to-create-intimacy\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Create Intimacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even if you\u2019re not super romantic, your partner may crave more intimacy than you\u2019re currently providing. It might sound like something a couple\u2019s counselor would advise but making an effort to connect with your partner or be romantic (not necessarily sexual) can go a long way to solidifying your bond and building trust. Consider these tips to help you build intimacy in your relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Speak up about what\u2019s bothering you. <\/b><\/h4>\n

    We\u2019re famous for bottling up our feelings when something is bugging us. Sometimes we let it ride but other times it comes out later. Silence benefits no one, and talking about a problem can often help you find a solution or, at the very least, let your partner know you\u2019re trying to share why you\u2019re hurt or mad.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Be an active listener. <\/b><\/h4>\n

      Being a good listener isn\u2019t always about providing a solution. Sometimes it just means hearing how they feel about something without telling them what they \u201cshould have\u201d or \u201cshouldn\u2019t have\u201d done.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Do your fair share. <\/b><\/h4>\n

        Don\u2019t wait for your partner to ask for help or worse; wait for her to have a mental breakdown or illness from stress. Oftentimes, if you\u2019re at work, you don\u2019t see how much your partner does all day. That could include a full-time job, as well as childrearing, preparing meals, laundry, dishes, paying bills, taking care of the pets, running errands and dealing with school-related issues, among other things. Do your part to pick up the slack because it\u2019s partly your responsibility; not because you\u2019re \u201chelping\u201d with your partner\u2019s workload.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          Don\u2019t discredit your partner\u2019s feelings. <\/b><\/h4>\n

          Just because YOU think it\u2019s silly that she\u2019s mad about something that happened doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s silly. Try validating your partner\u2019s feelings instead of making fun of them or discounting them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          5. Be chivalrous. <\/b><\/h4>\n

          Open doors for her, pull out her chair at a restaurant, offer your coat and stand up for her if someone is rude to her. Just because she can do these things herself doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t be chivalrous.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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          Even if you\u2019re not super romantic, your partner may crave more intimacy than you\u2019re currently providing. It might sound like something a couple\u2019s counselor would advise but making an effort to connect with your partner or be romantic (not necessarily sexual) can go a long way to solidifying your bond and building trust. Consider these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[689],"tags":[1123],"class_list":["post-14648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sexual-health","tag-intimacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}