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Intimacyin a marriage or partner relationship can suffer if you’re busy with other responsibilities, or so caught up in the day-to-day activities of life that you simply lose track of each other and who you’re each becoming.
“Vulnerability and curiosity are crucial components in building intimacy. Partners need to trust that it is safe to be vulnerable and they have to also be interested in learning more about each other,” says Sabrina Romanoff, PsyD.
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Questions and Tips For Building Intimacy In Your Relationship
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Questions to Build Intimacy
If you’re feeling distant from your partner or spouse, tryasking questionsthat can help intimacy improve. Even if you’re not feeling distant, these are still goodrelationship-buildingquestions that can make your partnership stronger.
When going through these questions, take the time toexpress your feelingsand talk about your answers. You may find that the frank discussions that result will help you and your partner grow closer and get to know each other even better.
With that goal in mind, here are 40 questions for couples that can help build intimacy in your relationship:
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Final Thoughts
Make it a point to go through one or two of these questions for couples regularly to keep the lines of communication open and help build or rebuild the intimacy you desire. You could even try writing some of your favorites down on note cards and pull them out if your conversation needs a little boost. The answers to the questions aren’t really the point. What matters are the discussions that ensue and the time spent listening to and focusing on each other.
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1 SourceVerywell Mind uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Kardan-Souraki M, Hamzehgardeshi Z, Asadpour I, Mohammadpour RA, Khani S.A review of marital intimacy-enhancing interventions among married individuals.Glob J Health Sci. 2016;8(8):53109. doi:10.5539/gjhs.v8n8p74
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Verywell Mind uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.Kardan-Souraki M, Hamzehgardeshi Z, Asadpour I, Mohammadpour RA, Khani S.A review of marital intimacy-enhancing interventions among married individuals.Glob J Health Sci. 2016;8(8):53109. doi:10.5539/gjhs.v8n8p74
Verywell Mind uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.
Kardan-Souraki M, Hamzehgardeshi Z, Asadpour I, Mohammadpour RA, Khani S.A review of marital intimacy-enhancing interventions among married individuals.Glob J Health Sci. 2016;8(8):53109. doi:10.5539/gjhs.v8n8p74
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