Knowing what the person will say, how they will respond, what they smell like, what they like or dislike, how they feel about you, etc. Intimacy is marked by LONG friendship, or it's developed through LONG association. This isn't your casual meeting. This isn't your surface chatter. This isn't the feel good agreement we so often engage in this isn't even a meeting of the minds, an agreement of the soul or an acknowledgment of our mouths.
Intimacy is of a very personal or private nature.
Private means intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person. Not for the world to know or to talk about restricted information, restricted sharing, restricted thoughts, ideas, hopes, dreams, desires and contemplation private between the two intimate parties, end of discussion. This type of intimate relationship beams with trust, is layered with quite time, soft whispers and sharing. It's encompassed with a knowing that there'll always be someone who has a piece of you because they have your heart and soul shared through intimacy. Finally, intimacy has as its main star an intimate friend or confidant.