1.a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.

2.a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.

3.sexual passion or desire.

4.a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart.

5.(used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love?

6.a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour.

7.sexual intercourse; copulation.

8.(initial capital letter ) a personification of sexual affection, as Eros or Cupid.

9.affectionate concern for the well-being of others: the love of one's neighbor.

10.strong predilection, enthusiasm, or liking for anything: her love of books.

11.the object or thing so liked: The theater was her great love.

12.the benevolent affection of God for His creatures, or the reverent affection due from them to God.

13.Chiefly Tennis. a score of zero; nothing.

14.a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter L.
–verb (used with object)

15.to have love or affection for: All her pupils love her.

16.to have a profoundly tender, passionate affection for (another person).

17.to have a strong liking for; take great pleasure in: to love music.

18.to need or require; benefit greatly from: Plants love sunlight.

19.to embrace and kiss (someone), as a lover.

20.to have sexual intercourse with.
–verb (used without object)

21.to have love or affection for another person; be in love.
—Verb phrase

22.love up, to hug and cuddle: She loves him up every chance she gets. —Idioms

23.for love,
a.out of affection or liking; for pleasure.
b.without compensation; gratuitously: He took care of the poor for love.

24.for the love of, in consideration of; for the sake of: For the love of mercy, stop that noise.

25.in love, infused with or feeling deep affection or passion: a youth always in love.

26.in love with, feeling deep affection or passion for (a person, idea, occupation, etc.); enamored of: in love with the girl next door; in love with one's work.

27.make love,
a.to embrace and kiss as lovers.
b.to engage in sexual activity.

28.no love lost, dislike; animosity: There was no love lost between the two brothers.

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At present I’m reading a book written by Dr Eric Berne – “Games People Play”. In this book he suggests some things that I thought really interesting so I decided to jot some of the suggestions here to see if I understand at all.

Ok, here goes…

Apparently we play games – I think it’s to avoid intimacy for some reason. I don’t understand why, so for now I’m just putting it down to… ‘because’. Sounds fair enough to me… not overly concerned as to how that sounds to you, so…

…these games are created to avoid intimacy – a thing I happen to like.
Intimacy…
1. the state of being intimate
2. a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person or group
3. a close association with or detailed knowledge of deep understanding of a place, subject, period or history, etc.: an intimacy with Japan.
4. an act or expression serving as a token of familiarity, affection, or the like: to allow the intimacy of using first names.
5. am amorously familiar act; liberty.
6. sexual intercourse.
7. the quality of being comfortable, warm, or familiar: the intimacy of the room.
8. privacy, esp. as suitable to the telling of a secret: in the intimacy of his studio

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Looking at this and some other definitions of the word I now understand why I get into so much trouble. What’s wrong with being intimate? Why would we feel a need to fight being intimate with others?

Dictionary.com ...
1. an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.
2. the state of being close together or side by side.

Juxtaposition - noun - PROXIMITY, closeness, contact, nearness, propinquity, vicinity.