Intimacy
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For the private side of love. 18 and over.

The part of your life you tell no one.

The first night after an arranged marriage. Wanting more, or wanting less, than the person next to you. A body that changed. A question you have never dared to ask anyone. Write it here, anonymously, in your own words.

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What nobody asks about

What stays behind the bedroom door.

Almost everyone carries something here. Almost no one has anyone to tell.

Wanting different things

One of you wants closeness, the other wants sleep. Neither says it.

A marriage that went quiet

Months, then years. Two people in one bed, careful not to touch.

A body you don’t recognise

After a baby, an illness, or just time. Feeling unwanted, or unable.

Shame that came with you

What you were taught, what you were never taught, and the guilt in between.

The first time, at any age

Nervous, unprepared, told nothing, and expected to know.

Who you really are

Loving someone you cannot name to your family. Wanting what you were told not to want.

Why write it down

Say it here, before it turns inward.

  1. 1
    Say it once, somewhere
    Most of this has never been said aloud. On the page it stops being a secret you carry alone.
  2. 2
    Understand what you want
    Writing it down, in plain words, is often the first time it becomes clear to you.
  3. 3
    Read that you’re not strange
    Anonymous stories from people with the same questions. Ordinary, human, and more common than you think.
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Intimacy is for honesty, not for show.

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Never name, describe or picture another person in a way they would not agree to. Adults only, no explicit detail for its own sake, nothing about minors.
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