We all have fundamental needs like security, safety, and belonging from birth, but also needs for adventure, discovery, and exploration. Throughout life we must negotiate our needs for security and adventure with our needs for connection, togetherness, freedom, love, and desire. While many find partners who match their vulnerabilities and desires, relationships often involve fighting as partners try to fulfill different needs. Now in modern times, people have more freedom but also more loneliness, and intimacy has come to refer to close friendships where people share deep feelings, worries, and dreams rather than just familiarity.