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Intimacy is the ability to safely share one’s life with another.

Getting to know someone allows us to make informed decisions about where to take the relationship.

It’s not safe for anyone to know the worst of us in sound bites without any context whatsoever.

Dating is not a confessional where you pour out your sins.

Goblintimacy, a clever mash-up of the words goblin and intimacy, is a dating trend where instead of leading with your best presentation of self, you take a deep gulp and do the opposite: Let your date know from the outset that you are far, far from perfect and then provide the details of your imperfection. That way, you may rest assured that, if they stick around for a second date, all is well. You will never be rejected since they already know the worst possible things about you and they weren’t fazed a........

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