The definition of sexual or intimate relationships throughout the
             last 60 years has not changed, but the self imposed, and cultural
             boundaries have undergone a revolution. Behavior which was once culturally
             ostracized is now considered a healthy part of expressing one's own sexual
             identity. Cultural boundaries regarding homosexual relationship, as well
             as self - fulfilling sexual behavior are no longer pushed out of the modern
             mind, or hidden in the closet. Our post modern world has moved
             significantly away from defining personal completion as what a person gives
             to another in a relationship toward defining self completion and
             satisfaction as what a person receives from another. This shift takes the
             power regarding our own fulfillment out of another's hands, and keeps the
             ultimate responsibility for our own happiness in our own control.
             Successful relationships can be formed through many different ways of
             attraction including similarity of interest, differences that are
             complementary, reciprocal attraction, competence, self-disclosure, and
             proximity. Self-disclosure, intimacy, and respect are three of the most
             important ingredients in developing and maintaining a meaningful
             relationship. Self-disclosure is a deliberate and gradual process of
             revealing significant information about one's self to another that would
             not normally be known by others. The breadth of disclosure expands
             continually and extends through all the areas of life as two people choose
             to grow closer in an intimate relationship.
             Meeks, Brenda S., Susan S. Hendrick, and Clyde Hendrick have come up
             with a hypothesis that, "One's own self-disclosure and perceptions of the
             partner's self-disclosure are both positively related to one's relational
             satisfaction, with own disclosure more strongly related than partner
             disclosure" (Meeks et al, 1998). As partners taking deliberate steps to
             continually b...