When you put these three words into your vocabulary with regards to intimacy and relationships, you will begin to experience another level of consciousness.
When you see an intimate relationship as something to be cultivated and the open-heartedness stabilized, you will begin to sustain a relationship that is satisfying, healing and, I might dare say, ecstatic. Know your sexual core in intimacy, be it masculine or feminine.
Once it is clear to you whether you most reside in your masculine or in your feminine with regards to intimacy, then you will have a greater understanding of the dynamic between you and your chosen partner.