Intimacy and Vulnerability
Intimacy requires vulnerability, but to be vulnerable, a man has to trust that you’re not going to use his vulnerability against him. He has to trust you.
When a man says, “I can’t trust her. I can’t trust him” he means, “Can you be my secret keeper? Can I trust my heart to you? If I do talk, will you use what I said in a moment of weakness against me? Will you use the vulnerability of present to resurface my past against me in my future?”
MEN: How many other men can you trust with your most vulnerable secrets? How many women?
WOMEN: How many other women can you trust with your most vulnerable secrets? How many men?
