Besides sex what are other intimate things a couple can do together?

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Besides sex what are other intimate things a couple can do together?

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  1. kaeorin Avatar
    • Shower/take care of personal grooming
    • Talk in bed (bonus points if while cuddling)
    • Cook a meal
    • Massages and/or shoulder-or-back-rubbing
    • Play with their hair
    • Tend to wounds or injuries
    • Paint their nails or do their hair/makeup (for me, the idea of that is separate from “take care of personal grooming” because these things tend to be extras, and not necessities)
    • Feed each other
    • Sing to each other

    (I wear a continuous glucose meter to measure my blood sugar, and every ten days, I need to ask my partner for help applying the new one. That’s pretty intimate, but I would assume that most couples don’t really need to do that.)

  2. DarkField_SJ Avatar

    Naked spooning is one of my favorites.

  3. HvyMtl1sLfe Avatar

    Yes to all of what was already mentioned. PLUS:

    • Cuddling
    • Non-sexual grazing or touching. I love it when my partner touches my neck or shoulder when he walks past me or if I come up behind him and squeeze him or kiss his ear.
    • Going for walks together and talking, holding hands
    • Long deep hugs
    • Reading to each other. My partner started reading to me, at night when we get into bed, a few years ago and we are now on our 3rd book. I read to him as well.
    • We go to a lot of concerts so dancing and singing along to music is very intimate for us.
    • We have been together for 4 years and we still flirt and sext with each other (super dorky I know) but it keeps things fresh and keeps the flame alive.