The Importance of Closeness in Relationships

LZ Granderson: A misunderstanding that I had about love was that it implied closeness. LZ: If you have to be close with someone, a partner of any kind, their pecadillos can create resentments and all these different issues. He says in learning to prize acceptance above closeness, what that creates is the closeness can vary. "We're swinging the pendulum to the far other side to create a version of that that we can never lose"

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