id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2145 Intimate relationship - Wikipedia .html text/html 3982 518 52 Intimacy involves the feeling of being in a close, personal association and belonging together.[6] It is a familiar and very close affective connection with another as a result of a bond that is formed through knowledge and experience of the other.[6] Genuine intimacy in human relationships requires dialogue, transparency, vulnerability, and reciprocity.[6] Dalton (1959) discussed how anthropologists and ethnographic researchers access "inside information" from within a particular cultural setting by establishing networks of intimates capable (and willing) to provide information unobtainable through formal channels.[7] Emotional intimacy, particularly in sexual relationships, typically develops after a certain level of trust has been reached and personal bonds have been established.[6] The emotional connection of "falling in love", however, has both a biochemical dimension driven through reactions in the body stimulated by sexual attraction (PEA, phenylethylamine),[15] and a social dimension driven by "talk" that follows from regular physical closeness or sexual union.[16] Love is an important factor in emotional intimacy. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2145.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2145.txt