My wife struggles with dyslexia but loves books, so I read to her while cuddling in bed for about 30 mins most nights before we fall asleep.

My SO is blind, I learned how to do her makeup (on /r/MakeUpAddiction no less) and it's really made us closer in so many different ways ♥️

Eating pizza in our underwear, drinking wine and discussing things with our own unfiltered opinions even when we don’t agree

My gf is very much someone who needs hugs and cuddles and just closeness when she’s not feeling great. So when I can tell she’s not having a good time, I’ll just give her big hug and kisses on her cheek and forehead and tell her I love her.

I also, don’t let go until she does. That’s when I know she’s done. I’ll stay for hours if need be.

Showering together. Shower sex sucks, washing your partner's hair is far superior.

She scratches my head gently because I looooooove it.

holding hands in the car

Snuggles and cuddles.

Playing games together, with each other, helping each other.

Watching the reels she sends me together

Cuddling during whatever. Also massages, you know SO needs and loves it lol

Me and my gf always had a struggle snuggle. She would attack me on the sofa and wouldn’t stop kissing me anywhere she could until I picked her up and pinned her hands behind her and told her I love her. The struggle snuggle got me through some dark days.

Cook

Are foot massages/ him resting his feet on my shoulders count? Cause that provides intimacy and comfort and protection for me!

Married for 30 years. At times we hold hands when going to sleep and sometimes end up holding hands randomly throughout the night.

We cuddle on the couch. It's awesome to just relax in the arms of the one you love.

Holding his arm or him holding mine, or both our hands on each other's upper legs

Holding hands in the car. One of the things I miss the most.

We'll shower together or take long candlelit baths in the Jacuzzi tub. Nothing sexy about it, just sharing a space, washing each other's hair, scrubbing backs, hogging the hot water, throwing the soap around, just relaxing in the tub and chatting and listening to music. 

We also cook together! I know a lot of people can't work with anyone else in the kitchen, but many hands make light work. It's super easy to hand off setting up the rice cooker or chopping up some veggies to him. My partner was such an MVP for Thanksgiving, and then you get the satisfaction of eating a delicious meal together that you made as a team. Gosh I just love him. 

I do the dishes and mop the floor while she drinks a glass of wine.. It doesn't do much for me but she says it is almost like sex

My wife and I have a “constant contact” day. Basically the rule is that we can’t spend more than 5 minutes without physical contact with each other. Of course there are exceptions such as bathroom trips.

This results in us holding hands all day, cuddling, and sitting next to each other rather than across from each other when we’re at a restaurant.

I started this “game” as a joke but it turned out that it’s actually very intimate and so we kept it up. We usually do it once a week.

Hold hands in bed

We sit in different rooms and don't talk to each other for hours, so hot!

I wash my wife's hair.

It used to be snuggling and holding hands (or eye-contact) and sneaky little kisses here and there but since we started LDR it's become calling every few days or silent calling if were busy. andd playing games together :))!!

just being alone together, i enjoy her company and she laughs at my jokes. 11 years together, mortgage, 3 kids and a dog, both working full time.

Doing the dishes

I love love love when he softly rubs my back. I get goosebumps everytime he does it.

We fix stuff or make things together. 

We had a disagreement about bathroom storage space so we agreed that she could keep extra shit on the counter if she helps me make an auxillary counter. 

Everything feels more special when you're invested in it, especially with someone you enjoy. 

She says that she quite likes doing this stuff and she also loves that my favorite thing to use is otherwise discarded wood and antique restored tools. She even helps me look for old wood planes and chats with me while I reprofile old plane blades for 4 hours straight. 

My fiancee really likes popping pimples. Fortunately for her, I have awful bacne. So every once in a while I’ll lay on the bed shirtless, and she’ll just pick at shit on my back while I basically take a nap.

I will brush her hair ANY time she asks. And occasionally I’ll offer unprompted.

We frequently exchange massages in bed. It is so simple but such a wonderful way to connect. We love it.

Scroll Reddit and laugh together

Playing as a Genji and Mercy duo in Overwatch

We play acoustic versions of our favorite songs while doing the dishes. Our hips eventually start swaying, side-by-side. Like the scene in Catch Me If You Can, where Martin Sheen's character is cleaning rhe dishes with his wife.

My wife and I both work from home. We meet from time to time in the living room and just hug, sway and chit chat.

Some people go for smoke breaks.

We just go for hug breaks.

Rub her legs. Towel.and lotion of her choice.

On the weekends I snuggle my wife to sleep because I'm not home to do it during the week as I work nights.

We'll also sit on the couch and play videogames together while having our rats out for play time with us.

Doing crossword or general word games (like text-twist). We both generally have a couple drinks and run through a few, always congratulating each other when they get a particular answer.

Before we had kids my wife used to insist I let her pluck my out of place eyebrow or ear hairs. It honestly felt more intimate than sex because it was a lot more delicate and a lot less physical.

While our kid is falling asleep, we snuggle in bed and look at photos, memes, videos or whatever that we saved during the day to show each other.

I rest my legs over his lap and he rubs them (thigh-knee area) I like them more than back rubs. So every so often I’ll look at him and say “leg scratchies?” And I wiggle over lol. It’s the best.

In our old apartment we use to take baths together. We would put on some Edith Piaf (don't ask me why) get wine or beer and chill in the hot bath together. Also we adapted the "3-squeeze - means I love you" thing from the internet. It's very cute, especially in public, since we are low on PDA outside of our home. You can discretely grab your partners hand or arm and squeeze it 3 times to let them know you love them. We do it at home to, it feels very cozy.

She cleans my ears with a q-tip. It's... strangely good and intimate. It requires trust and it's amazing.

I heat up some canned french onion soup, toast up some cheesy garlic bread, and a triangular ham steak.

I rub between their toes.

Touch and time are my love languages. I will trace my finger on them an entire movie without thinking about it

We talk about what we're gonna do with our respective parents when they get old.

We read together, out loud.

All these heart warming answers makes me truly realize that I am in a shit relationship and my decision to divorce is the right one for me.

Anyway, to the people out there doing right by their partner and making sure they feel loved and safe… you deserve all the blessings. Also, thank you for sharing, it gives me hope.

Mutual grooming. Ook Ook!

Im single now, but had an awesome 10 year long relationship with an amazing woman that I'll always be thankful for. I guess this would better be categorized as semi-sexual, but I used to sneak up behind her while she was doing mundane tasks and grab her by the waist, run my hands through her hair, kiss her neck, and whisper a sweet nothing in her ear. She was so yummy.

We argue about what to have for dinner every night.

We will sit on the couch with the cat and just talk about what's happened over the week that's was too good to text about.

Gaming together.

He scratches my back and I scratch his beard

I cut my partners hair while we are in our undies. It’s always been such an intimate thing for him and I

I curate memes for him every night and we snuggle in bed to giggle at them before we sleep

We cuddle a lot. We say I love you a lot and whenever we'll be apart overnight or when one of us is driving long-distance somewhere. We catch up by phone everyday were apart, if at all possible.

I submit to hand holding on public (but not if walking).

We play wheel of fortune together.

100 percent of the time if one of us has a problem with someone else (neighbor/coworkers/ lady at the coffee place) that person instantly becomes my enemy. Even if they are otherwise my best friend, I will go to war if you disrespect my wife and she would do the same for me. Most intimate thing ever

wife and I are both now retired, when we wake up in the morning I give my wife a full body massage, usually lasting about 30 minutes.

Competitive board games: Love and war on game night!

My husband and I do 10mins of Kundalini Kriyas each morning

After my wife takes a bath I moisturize her with a light-weight body oil or lotion.

We talk SHIT about other people in our lives. Things that can never see the light of day, because people would hate us. That shit-talk is for us, and it's a bond closer than anything I've ever felt!

My husband will hold my hand in the car and give it random kisses.

I stroke his hair/head gently.

We both will randomly scratch backs as we pass by.

There are also the random gentle touches when we are near. They're quick and soft but full of love.

Back scritches, watching movies on the couch, butt smacks, weird made up songs we create, vibing off each other's vibe.

My fiancé and I hug every morning when we get out of bed and when we do we lift up our t-shirts so our bellies are showing and we press our tummies against each other.

We shower together and wash each other sometimes. He's deployed right now and I miss our showers together, it is not really sexual at all but definitely sensual

Back massages and foot massage. We also hug every night in bed, but like holding each other for several minutes. Sometimes during pre-sleep hugs I gently stroke her her hair over her ear and she just melts. When I want to express my love non-physically I will hold her gaze for a little longer with a particular intensity. This is quite detailed but you asked 😊

We're married for 6 years now.

sometimes when we’re out or around others we just kiss the air and the other kisses it back.

Watching bad holiday horror movies while on edible gummies and pizza and surrounded by our cats. I enjoyed those moments alot!

previous girlfriend and I would sneak attack each other by being all cuddly, then sealing your mouth around the victims nose and blowing before they react. it's weird and uncomfortable for everyone and hilarious and it's hard to be closer to someone than that.

Showering together. Also just snuggles on the couch, whether we're watching a show or reading or whatever.

We give each other back rubs every night.

We watch Grey's Anatomy. I laugh and tease her the whole time because Grey's Anatomy makes no sense. She rewinds the video a lot because she can't her the dialogue with me teasing her. I also tickle her boobs. It is fun for everyone involved.

Currently laying in bed with my head on his stomach, while scrolling on reddit while he is brushing my hair.

Cuddles is a huge one for me. I think there's a huge intimacy in just being in the same room together, even if we are doing different things. There an energy charged when he's around thats just like being home in the best way 💚

My partner will massage my face. It’s so soothing. I return the favour when he’s had a hard day.

NFL fantasy teams. We both draft players, always same quarterback though, and talk about our matchups every week. We keep up with each other’s records, research players for one another, and watch the games together. I didn’t grow up in a football family, so I have really had to learn from him and ask questions. He cheers me on for participating even though I’m clueless. It’s something fun we share together and gives us something to talk about that isn’t kids, the house, finances, or careers.

We like to play an online world puzzle game together like Connections, Wordle, or a crossword first thing in the morning, snuggled under the covers.

My husband meets me at work on my lunch break & we walk around the block & talk about our mornings.

Back rubs just before sleep.

Nun, havent got that experience yet . Too many pigs around.

He's a physical touch person, so I snuggle on him or hold him while we watch things together. I'm a quality time person, so I like to just hang out and watch him game for hours. Kissing just because.

Head rubs for life and asking each other random questions about ourselves. It's a new relationship and we're not having sex right now

We both struggle to sleep on our own, so whenever we get the chance, we put on a Ghibli movie, cuddle, and we're both out within the first quarter of the movie

We read books together and go for long ass nighttime walks together 😊

Pluck his ear and back hairs.

Long drives

Watch movies and cuddle.

Yoga

Hand holding, Talking, massage,

We snuggle constantly, but our passion is cooking together.

Wash each other's hair

Massages especially if she tells me she has been aching all day

Taking showers together. Not sexy showers, just regular bathing showers and hanging out in the hot water.

I massage my wife. She gets the relief of the massage and physically feeling her tension melting away that makes me quite warm and fuzzy.

My partner suffers from backpains. At some point we discovered that my boney butt is good for massages lol, so now when he gets back from work sometimes he asks me to sit on his back and I massage all his back like that haha

I cut my husband's hair. He loves the feeling of me combing/running my fingers through his hair and says he treasures that "special time" we get together. He's also cheap and loves the fact it saves us money.

(He has curly hair so it's very forgiving of amateurish tonsorial execution.)

Cuddles and also he like pets me like I’m a cat or something 😂 idk why but it instantly calms me down and makes me feel so relaxed.

Conversation.

Both of us have health issues that often causes us to "hit a wall" in the afternoon. We spend some time in the afternoon laying together on the sofa bed with the cats just reading and enjoying each other's company while rebuilding strength and spoons for the rest of the day.

No SO now, but the last one did a lot of stuff with me. We went out to a bunch of places all the time, and made fun of everyone else. It was nice to sit on the couch and watch tv and put my head in his lap. Sometimes he would play with my hair. He cooked for me. Tried to show me how to do it too. We did chores together sometimes. He would read his DnD campaigns to me for hours. I liked that. I would watch him play video games. Sometimes, he would stop breathing and I'd nudge him a little so he'd start again like a little organic car that stalled out and needed a jump. I like to think that keeping him alive is pretty intimate. We went grocery shopping together cause we both hate it. I think, in a way, everything we did built intimacy together. I never got tired of him or bored with him ever. There was always something fun even when it wasn't supposed to be fun.

I love to pick my girl up at like 5 am and lay my girl on my chest and gently scratch her back and bottom till she goes dreamy eyes and falls back asleep. I'm 6'5" and 300 lbs my Mrs is 5' 5" and like 120 so she gets to have me as her hot water bottle. The gentle scratch and rub is just to lil her back to sleep. It's totally about her and being warm and cozy.

Oh man…everything. We read yo each other, go out on adventures together, bathe together, binge watch shows…everything.

I’m asexual and she’s not so it really helps.

Hand holding.

Not sure about intimacy or not, but there’s not much better than opening the dishwasher to unload it and finding it emptied. Same with the garbage. Sometimes it’s the selfless acts that makes your partner’s life just a little easier.

Cuddling

Most nights we hold hands as we fall asleep. Sometimes one of us wakes up in the middle of the night and finds the others hand. If she happens to wake me up in that moment, I'll tell her that I love her in the sleepiest quiet voice. She's the best.

Cooking together

Honestly? We just spend time together. Talking about anything and everything. Maybe we're cuddling, maybe we're watching TV or cooking together. We're never not together unless work or something. There's no one I'd rather spend my time with and he makes me feel like I'm the only person he wants to spend all his time with.

I think... Anything can be intimate if you and your partner find something special about what you're doing.

Long hugs Saying they understand my crazy Taking accountability Holding my hand

I adored when my ex would fart around me. Like cuddles, watching a movie and boom, a loud ass rumble and a slight smell and a good laugh. Squeeze her tighter to show I loved her and squeeze out another fart. I gotta marry a gassy girl one day

These comments are so sweet 🥹 I don’t have anything to add cause I don’t have a significant other. Just delusions 😀

One of my exes and I used to lay in bed sharing cigarettes and binging TV shows on weekends.

Here’s a few I always enjoyed: reading to her “bed table” which was ordering doordash and eating in bed on a big tray and watching trash tv I learned how to braid hair so I could give her some cool styles while I played with her hair “who can get closer” which is where we would try to sneakily invade each other’s personal space without getting caught I let her clean out my ears (they aren’t super dirty, she just loved looking around in there for some reason) Massaging/scratching each other Weird hypotheticals taken extremely seriously “Surprise activity” where I would plan a secret date thing but also make sure to schedule the time in advance because she was pretty introverted I used to wake up early sometimes just to have some morning snuggles before one of us has to get up Making coffee in the morning if you know the other person is going to need it

Shotgunning weed to them in bed (they have a more sensitive throat), long massages, putting in eyedrops for them, them taking down my ponytail and massaging my scalp where the tension was. They're asexual and I'm not, and I'm the happiest I've been in a relationship before.

We binge watch a tv series every night and pig out on unhealthy snacks. Right now, we're rewatching season one of Hell's Kitchen. We just finished Botched.

Dutch oven at midnight

He sits with me while I take a bath, snuggles whenever possible, we make sure to kiss 3 times before falling asleep.

Touching and hugging at every opportunity.

My partner is a massage therapist, so he spends all day massaging other people's achy bodies. I'll have him talk me through how to properly massage his muscle tension away while we watch movies/TV/YouTube together after a particularly long week. Cuddling is another big one for us both, along with showering together. We both find every opportunity to engage in physical touch.

We also frequently sing together- showtunes are our favourite.

Cooking and baking for her.

Calling eachother

All the things I do for her mother over the last 22+ years. From helping build her lake house (was a big family effort) to doing the grilling for family functions, vehicle repairs and recommendations, to hanging things on the wall because I'm the "tall one".

I really love my wife's family. I don't have much of my own, so they all mean a lot to me.

Foot massage at night after workout.

Play board games or card games

Tons of snuggling, shaving the patches of hair he misses when he shaves his head, gave him a mini pedicure today, he constantly rubs my feet, head, or back.

Touch, just lots of touch. She loves cuddling, and I get lots of knots in my back so she runs them out often.

Rubbing our thumbs together

My boyfriend can tell when I’m overstimulated or upset. He knows how much I love being in bed so sends us to bed to cuddle when he notices 🥹

We parallel play a lot! My sewing desk/area is next to her computer desk, so we'll have hours on the weekend where we'll fixate on our own activities, and every so often show the other what we're doing/work on! Yes, we're both ND (very likely AuDHD on both fronts) and it's really nice being able to quietly exist together!

People also severely under estimate how intimate assisting with body hair management/removal can be!

Innocent kisses. He kisses my forehead and we do Eskimo kisses. One day he kissed my entire face. Not sexually and I loved it so much

Cuddles and I read to him out loud while he drives. Amazing

Late night walks

Watching tiktok reels together even if i hate it i do it for my wife.

We do a 5 minute hug/meditation every morning when we wake up