Researchers have long suspected that increases in
intimacy (the feelings of closeness and connectedness that result, in part, from sharing information or experiences with someone)-- and not simply high levels of
intimacy — lead to feelings of passion.1 In other words, when you experience a spike in
intimacy —
because you had a
deep conversation over a bottle of wine or went on a long road - trip together — then passion is expected to spike as well; when
intimacy remains stable, passion is presumed to hit the floor.