List of Non-sexual forms of intimacy

biro-ace-of-hearts:

incapableofgivingup:

  • watchingtv/movies together
  • going to events together like carnivals, festivals etc.
  • going on dates like to the movies or shopping
  • sharing secrets
  • hugs
  • sharing drinks
  • phone calls
  • talking
  • touching noses
  • cuddling
  • philosophical discussions
  • hand holding
  • sharing jokes
  • sharing smiles
  • laying your head on someone’s shoulder
  • linking arms
  • massages
  • tickling
  • playing with hair
  • scratching backs
  • tracing designs on arms
  • talking about the future
  • a hand written note
  • moving your head to their chest and listening to their heartbeat.
  • singing together or playing instruments together
  • dancing
  • feeding each other
  • drawing/writing on one another
  • brushing your partners hair
  • sharing food
  • sitting knee to knee across from each other
  • doing beauty treatments like facials or manicures, hairdying or face masks
  • reading books together
  • take care of your partner when sick
  • talking about the relationship (how I feel with you, How I feel w/
    this relationship)
  • cooking together
  • head-scratches
  • hugging
  • discussions about yourselves (like flaws, shortcomings, passions,
    stuff)
  • being physically/emotionally vulnerable
  • just sleeping together,
  • an actual open honest conversation
  • bathing and taking care of hygiene together
  • butterfly kisses
  • nuzzling
  • telling on-the-fly stories
  • meditating or sharing spirituality
  • grooming
  • sharing hobbies
  • studding
  • sharing personal stories
  • shaving
  • seeing each other without make-up or all dressed up
  • moral support for major events
  • crying, sharing emotions, comforting each other
  • listening to someones heartbeat or breathing
  • camping/hiking
  • sleepovers
  • being with animals together
  • going on trips together
  • sharing clothes/jewelry/personal items
  • sharing online social media
  • cleaning someone else’s living space
  • going with them to a doctor/therapist
  • doing art together
  • kissing different body parts
  • making out
  • volunteer together
  • work together
  • talking about wants and desires
  • experience new things together
  • do an extracurricular together
  • play games together
  • play sports together
  • walking together
  • being respectful and kind to one another (helping them do things,
    open doors for them etc.)
  • sharing responsibilities (chores, babysitting etc.)
  • giving each other presents, special things from the heart
  • talking about and respecting each others boundaries
  • public displays of affection
  • grooming in front of each other
  • wrestling or play fighting
  • texting/talking online
  • looking in each other’s eyes
  • complimenting each other
  • falling asleep over skype or chat
  • making faces at each other
  • sky watching
  • write poetry
  • inside jokes
  • respect
    each other
  • tell
    them how you feel about them
  • get
    to know each other better (playing 20 questions)
  • go
    for a ride together
  • close
    your eyes and memorise each others faces with your fingers
  • walk
    arm in arm
  • make
    a playlist together
  • make
    up your own words or slang
  • go
    out to eat
  • list
    each other’s best features
  • bring
    your faces close without touching and feel each other breath
  • go
    shopping together
  • throw
    a party or other event together
  • leave
    love notes
  • exercise
    together
  • exchange
    something meaningful
  • try
    to have a whole conversation with only eye contact and facial
    expressions
  • sit
    back to back and feel each other’s heartbeat
  • learn
    their favorite food and make it
  • run
    errands together
  • look
    at photos together
  • take
    photos together
  • go
    people watch
  • have
    a staring contest
  • learn
    something new together
  • take
    turns leading each other on a nature walk blindfolded
  • get
    to know each others family and friends
  • draw
    or sculpt each other
  • paint
    each other’s bodies
  • play
    with kids together
  • practicing
    a skill together
  • sharing
    food
  • being
    in comfortable clothes together
  • waving
    goodbye
  • being
    comfortable with each other’s bodily functions
  • any others you can think of?

For aces everywhere!

jaesama:

jaesama:

some prompts you can take if you want

  • I suggested we play spin the bottle so i could kiss you, but now everyone else is kissing you except me :/
  • I meant to grab the popcorn, not your crotch, sorry
  • I had a bad dream about you so now i’m calling to make sure you’re ok
  • there’s a real creep at the club trying to hit me up right now and you look pretty fit so pls pretend to be my date so he can leave
  • we were supposed to make fettuccini but you’re a child that likes to start food fights apparently
  • okay i get it. you’re sorry. now stop serenading me and trying to climb up to my bedroom at 1am. you’re gonna hurt yourself.
  • I see you got stood up and I feel bad for you so let’s have a drink
  • I accidently fell asleep on your shoulder on the train and now you probably think i’m weird
  • I put my love letter in your locker by mistake. It was meant for your friend, not you. Can I have it back now?
  • I don’t know you, but you smell amazing and now I can’t stop smelling you, but now you’re looking at me like I’m some kind of freak.
  • You’ve never seen Titanic before, so now I’m gonna make you watch it.
  • I always hear you singing on your balcony (below mine) every morning, but suddenly you’ve stopped?
  • You’ve got some chocolate on the side of your lip, but I’m not sure if I wanna tell you because you look so cute.
  • I have an audition for a love/romantic scene and you’re the only one around who can help me.
  • I made a joke about one of your biggest insecurities and now I feel like an asshole. Can I make it up to you?
  • I was cleaning up and I found an old birthday card I gave to you years ago. Why did you keep it?
  • I was trying to be cool, but I sprained my leg and now you’re carrying me on your back to the infirmary to aid me.
  • I gave you the most heartfelt love letter, but you gave it back to me with spelling and punctuation corrections?!
  • I’ve never kissed anyone before and now you’ve caught me in the bathroom pretending to kiss the mirror.

more prompts I came up with over the weekend

  • I’m short and I really need that box of macaroni on the top shelf and you’re the only tall person in the aisle.
  • I have no idea who you are but we keep running into each other today at the theme park and now im wondering if its fate?
  • You said you made “brownies” for my birthday and now we’re high as a fucking kite??
  • I know I’m the one who suggested we watch a scary movie, but now I can’t sleep. Can I sleep in your room?
  • I came as a Jedi for a Halloween party and now there’s a person dressed as Darth Vader trying to hit me up.
  • I was listening to the radio and I heard you make a request for me, but I have no clue who you are?
  • I suggested we go to the beach but everyone is checking you out in your swimsuit and now i’m jealous, but i can’t say anything because we’re not even dating.
  • There’s a myth that couples that kiss when they reach the top of a ferris wheel will stay together forever….but i obviously don’t believe that stuff….obviously.
  • Um excuse me? This is a library. Can you and your noisey friends stop coming in everyday just to be a disturbance?
  • I’m the lowest rank in our class and you’re the highest and now I’m literally on my knees begging you to help tutor me!!
  • I meant to tie my shoe, but somehow my hair got caught on to the button of your trousers and now my face is in your crotch area.
  • I wanted to make you cookies, but they turned to shit but you’re still eating them anyway.
  • It’s pouring rain outside the club and we’re both drunk, but there’s only one taxi cab left for the night.
  • I meant to pretend to drown so you could save me, but now I’m actually drowning!
  • I may or may not have lied and told you I was scared of bears just so you could sleep in the same tent as me.
  • I told you I’ve never slow danced before and now you’re showing me how in the middle of your kitchen late at night.
  • You forgot to pay the electricity bill and now our lights just went off. What now?