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CHAPTER 63   Intimacy
TOPICS   Introduction ~ Intimacy and Long-Term Relationships ~ Intimacy and Dating ~ Intimacy and Sex ~ Intimacy and Dementia ~ Intimacy and Families ~ Intimacy and Privacy ~ Intimacy in Gay Relationships ~ Intimacy in Other Relationships
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Self-Acceptance

Self-awareness and comfort with oneself is the foundation on which all other types of intimacy are built. A person who practices self-honesty and self-acceptance is best able to be honest with, accepting of, and loving toward another person in an intimate relationship, no matter what form that relationship takes.

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