Few human endeavors are as rewarding and potentially frightening as acts of intimacy. In Robert Sternberg's triad of love—passion, intimacy, commitment—the intimacy stage of a relationship ...

A friend of mine went to talk to his father about marrying his long-term girlfriend. His father told him, “Son, marriage is an institution. If you want to spend the rest of your life in an institution ...

Players are not afraid of intimacy. They are afraid of loss of control. They thrive in predictable emotional economies: attention → withdrawal → return → reassurance → repeat. Most people fail because ...