Intimacy is increasingly rare in our society.
One reason is that intimacy is founded on trust and we live in a distrustful age. Back in the mid 1960s, three out of four Americans said they trusted the federal government to do what is right all or most all the time, according to Gallup. Currents, Jan-Mar 1994 2. The more trusting a person is, the easier it is for another to trust him in a personal relationship. Intimacy builds on trust, but an initial risk must be taken before trust can develop.