Breathing room was the perfect tool to help me understand a situation in my life that was otherwise completely baffling to me every couple should be given a copy of this book the book explains not only what every couple goes through trying to balance intimacy with space but explains why we do and why some people need more and others less. Breathing room creating space to be a couple kindle edition by savage elayne download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets use features like bookmarks note taking and highlighting while reading breathing room creating space to be a couple. Intimacy is also being able to respect your partners need for space not feel threatened by it and in fact to welcome it as a sign of growing and changing intimacy benefits from the creation of breathing room where each person gets to have their own space in their own way intimacy has a myriad of meanings. In breathing room elayne savage shows readers how they can recognize what the space struggles in their relationships are really about through lively examples and practical exercises savage helps couples get past old resentments to negotiate a shared space that balances each partners expectations and needs