Friends of mine recently built a house. An amazing amount of detail, planning and time went into the design of their home. It's the job of each person to teach the spouse how to be his or her partner. The hang up here is simply silly human pride. The key question here for partners to consider is just how close they want to be.
Emotional intimacy involves so much more.
To be emotionally intimate, you have to be willing and able to step into a person's world and see it, feel it and experience it as he or she does. You don't have to completely understand it or agree with it, you just need to be able to make that emotional leap. Would that each of us move toward that kind of love, everyday. Jeff Herring, M.S., L.M.F.T, is a marriage and family therapist in private practice in Tallahassee. If you have any questions about marriage and family issues, send them to Jeff Herring, Tallahassee Democrat, P.O. Box 990, Tallahassee 32302.