FOR MANY MEN, intimacy has long been synonymous with physical closeness. If you were "intimate" with someone, it meant you'd had sex. But intimacy has undergone a rebrand, and is now thought of as ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Cuddling is one of the most powerful instruments in your physical touch toolbox. Not only can getting ...

There’s a quiet crisis many women face in midlife: love remains, but desire and intimacy can falter. Hormonal changes, fatigue, and life’s demands make sex and even affection feel like obligations.

Marion, a mother of three living in Berlin, remembers growing up in a household full of touch and affection. But as an adult, married to a partner who wasn’t as physically expressive, she started to ...

A bedtime cuddle with your partner could make a real difference to your feelings of stress and security, according to a new study closely analyzing the relationship between physical touch and ...

Women want to cuddle after sex and men don't. Stereotypes. Lots of exceptions, overlap, blah blah blah. I know. Still, it's as true as stereotypes often are. Everyone recognizes it even if everyone ...

We all know the feeling. The moment of intimacy, the shared connection, and then...he's snoring. It can feel a little deflating, right? Like you're left hanging when you were hoping for a cuddle or a ...

Missing human touch, Helen Jane Campbell, 47, a writer and life coach in Sussex, went along to an event where you cuddle up to strangers. So was it comforting or creepy? Here, she reveals all.