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"Getting To Know Each
Other."
Intimacy blossoms during courtship. Most couples can
look back on a period in their relationship when they talked of being "in
love". They experienced a deep sense of closeness. It all began with a
physical, emotional attraction for each other that I call "the tingles."
At this stage in the relationship we are intent on "getting to know each
other," which is simply another phrase for intimacy.
When the "in-love stage" is fully developed, we have
a sense of belonging to each other. We feel that somehow we were "meant
for each other." We experience the willingness to be open and honest, to
tell our deepest secrets. It is this deep sense of intimacy that gives us
the courage to make a lifetime commitment to marriage.
However, if we are to keep this sense of intimacy
after marriage, we must decide that we are going to continue to "get to
know each other." This takes time and talk. If you are too busy for time
and talk, then you are too busy. Saying "No" to other things, is saying
"Yes" to your marriage.
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