SoulPancake / Conversations / How important is affection in healthy relationships?

Jump into a Conversation about Life's' Big Questions

cdawn

- 3 years ago

Feature
0
Like
Follow

How important is affection in healthy relationships?

Your sweetheart, your family, your friends. Do all healthy relationships include affection? What does affection and tenderness contribute to our lives?

Recent Discussed Liked

First level responses second level responses

Well for my relationship with my child, I'd say it's incredibly important. Most of my friends, I don't see but we still talk. We're all pretty liberal with the "mental hugs" and the I love you's, because we still want to be there for each other and it feels good to know that you are loved. With my sweetheart, yes, of course. That's an actions speak louder than words type of deal.

sweetheart... crucial family...... helpful friends..... only when your drunk... lol.... arm around the neck, stumbling... "hickup.. ' I love you guys man... .. burppp.."

It affirms the words which we speak to our loved ones. An I love you is not an I love you without a kiss, et al. Imagine listening to your President give a speech as if his whole face and body were Botoxed? How convincing would that be to the president's citizens?

Highly. I cannot imagine being in a relationship without being physically connected. This goes outside sex per se. But the actual holding of hands, hugging, cuddling, kiss on the forehead. To me it is a love language that I highly use and am used to.

Like MLZellers described, I believe affection can be shown in many ways (physically, emotionally, verbally). Therefore, in my eyes, it seems very important in a relationship. What is love without knowledge of it's existence? And isn't that what affection is: showing how much you care; letting the person know what they mean to you. I have to admit, I have a little trouble showing affection. I almost feel embarassed, because it really exposes your emotions on such a delicate level. I always have to make a conscious effort to show affection with my boyfriend, and just tell him how I feel. I'm not extremely comfortable with talking about feelings, but I also realize that when you're in a relationship it's your responsibility to love and be loved. Even further, to support and accept support. I guess maybe all of these things, as well as others, are affection.

Obviously, there has to be some form of affection in every relationship, even for the people who don't easily show how they feel. Affection obviously lets us know that we are cared for, that we're not alone, that we can go to somebody.

"how important is breathing in life?" affection is the basis of every relationship. without it a relationships aren't even possible.

Uhm, very important? Everyone wants to know they are cared for and thought well of.

very much - of course there are many ways affection can be shown....

this is like asking " how important is flavor in food .."

@cdawn Dallas, Texas

Follow Message

SoulPancake

cdawn

How important is affection in healthy relationships?

CrystalVisions

calholli

sweetheart... crucial family...... helpful friends..... only when your drunk... lol.... arm around the neck, stumbling... "hickup.. ' I love you guys man... .. burppp.."

Janslee

It affirms the words which we speak to our loved ones. An I love you is not an I love you without a kiss, et al. Imagine listening to your President give a speech as if his whole face and body were Botoxed? How convincing would that be to the president's citizens?

Janslee

Highly. I cannot imagine being in a relationship without being physically connected. This goes outside sex per se. But the actual holding of hands, hugging, cuddling, kiss on the forehead. To me it is a love language that I highly use and am used to.

FreeVerse

Itsnotbeef

Obviously, there has to be some form of affection in every relationship, even for the people who don't easily show how they feel. Affection obviously lets us know that we are cared for, that we're not alone, that we can go to somebody.

philg

"how important is breathing in life?" affection is the basis of every relationship. without it a relationships aren't even possible.

Griz

Uhm, very important? Everyone wants to know they are cared for and thought well of.

MLZellers

very much - of course there are many ways affection can be shown....

trishmullahey

this is like asking " how important is flavor in food .."

How important is affection in healthy relationships?

sweetheart... crucial family...... helpful friends..... only when your drunk... lol.... arm around the neck, stumbling... "hickup.. ' I love you guys man... .. burppp.."

It affirms the words which we speak to our loved ones. An I love you is not an I love you without a kiss, et al. Imagine listening to your President give a speech as if his whole face and body were Botoxed? How convincing would that be to the president's citizens?

Highly. I cannot imagine being in a relationship without being physically connected. This goes outside sex per se. But the actual holding of hands, hugging, cuddling, kiss on the forehead. To me it is a love language that I highly use and am used to.

Obviously, there has to be some form of affection in every relationship, even for the people who don't easily show how they feel. Affection obviously lets us know that we are cared for, that we're not alone, that we can go to somebody.

"how important is breathing in life?" affection is the basis of every relationship. without it a relationships aren't even possible.

Uhm, very important? Everyone wants to know they are cared for and thought well of.

very much - of course there are many ways affection can be shown....

this is like asking " how important is flavor in food .."

What's Next?