What is real intimacy?

Mary Metzner Trammell

Often it begins this way. You start enjoying someone's company in a very special way. The two of you take long walks together, share secrets and little private moments, think of each other almost all the time—gently and tenderly.

But gradually, you find that being together for walks and movies and popcorn isn't enough. You want to share your hearts, and maybe even your lives. In a word, you realize that you're "in love." And that someday you might like to get married. In some ways, you start to feel you already are married.

The fact is, though, you aren't married yet. And there are good reasons why you simply can't get married right now. Maybe the two of you are too young, or haven't finished your education, or whatever.

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