The Eight Stages of Intimacy™  Stage Three: Recreational
Intimacy  Covering Shared Interests, Sports & Hobbies  Many of
your friends or close clients will reach this level. The people
you spend time with, go to games with, to the movies, shopping
or share common interests constitute recreational intimacy. For
couples, both partners will have several common interests, while
reserving others for themselves. But what happens if she is into
extreme sports and he prefers to paint and read?  Having both
common and separate activities is crucial to success.  Even
married couples need activities that they do by themselves or
with friends that do not include the spouse.  This helps each in
the relationship to maintain his or her own unique identity and
provides a mini vacation from couplehood, even if that vacation
is only an hour or two.  Likewise, having shared activities is
one of the most wonderful things about being a couple. It means
you almost always have someone to share activities with.  The
objective of recr