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		<title>22 Qualities That Create Emotional Connection in a Marriage</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Bob Huizenga]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How to create a lasting emotional connection and intimacy in your marriage or relationship with advice from Dr. Robert Huizenga. <a href="https://www.break-free-from-the-affair.com/2011/03/11/21-qualities-that-create-emotional-connection-in-a-marriage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Following is a list of qualities that create an <a href="https://www.break-free-from-the-affair.com/affair_newsletter06-02-28.htm">emotional connection</a> in a marriage or partnership:</p>
<p>1. I want to enjoy receiving pleasure from my spouse and easily communicate desires.</p>
<p>2. I want to accept and respect a &#8220;no&#8221; from my partner.</p>
<p>3. I want to communicate my personal needs around sex and have them understood.</p>
<p>4. I want to have sex be a choice, not a compulsion.</p>
<p>5. I want to feel great after an erotic time together.</p>
<p>6. I want to <a href="https://www.break-free-from-the-affair.com/articles/trust_building.htm">trust my partner</a> more than anyone else.</p>
<p>7. I want to keep my word to my partner.</p>
<p>8. I want to be careful in what I promise and not set my partner up for disappointment.</p>
<p>9. I want to respect my partner&#8217;s friendship with attractive people.</p>
<p>10. I want to receive all the affection and touch I want from my partner.</p>
<p>11. I want to experience moments of tenderness, kindness and gentleness in our marriage.</p>
<p>12. I want to laugh at my humanness.</p>
<p>13. I want to lovingly tease my spouse.</p>
<p>14. I want to create time to be with children and close friends.</p>
<p>15. I want to have us surround ourselves with friends and family.</p>
<p>16. I want to have this marriage contribute to the lives of those around us.</p>
<p>17. I want to have my partner know me intimately.</p>
<p>18. I want to have this marriage be a place where we constantly grow, learn and evolve.</p>
<p>19. I want to face change and the unknown with my partner.</p>
<p>20. I want to get what I need and more within this <a href="https://www.break-free-from-the-affair.com/infidelity-archive5/relationship-toxic.htm">relationship</a>.</p>
<p>21. I want to be overwhelmed with gratitude and love and express it.</p>
<p>22. I want to give and receive great gifts from each other.</p>
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