intimacy

Recently, Miss Polyamory interviewed Samatha Fraser, the author of the blog (and hopefully upcoming book): Not Your Mother's Playground. You can listen to the interview podcast here. Not Your Mother's Playground is Samantha's diary about open relationships.

[caption id="attachment_128" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Picture by Christian Ferrari at stock.XCHNG"][/caption] This is the second of seven articles that I am writing about the things that you should consider before pursuing a polyamorous lifestyle. In yesterday's article, I wrote about the importance of loving yourself and building your self esteem. This is especially important when we talk about intimacy.   The most basic component of intimacy is the sharing of yourself.   How will you be willing to share something unless it is something that you already like?  Also, in the process of loving yourself, you gain a sense of self awareness and identity that becomes important in building relationships with other individuals. Without a solid sense of self, you may be prone to allowing your identity to be subsumed by the relationship. Now that I've talked about the importance of loving yourself and knowing who you are, let's take a deeper look at the meaning of intimacy.