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# Maintaining Connections
In the context of discussing [Relationship Elements](https://hackmd.io/@IntentionalRelationships/ElementsOverview) the following examples are provided to highlight the value of discussing what relationship elements provide the basic building blocks from which two or more people choose to *connect* with each other - whether ways where structural aspects of various lives are intertwined or during a discrete moment of shared time.

### Forms of Intimacy 
Forms of intimacy can be understood as those relationship elements experienced as mutual vulnerability, openness, and sharing [- see more](https://hackmd.io/@IntentionalRelationships/Intimacy)  

### Forms of Reciprocity 
Forms of reciprocity can be understood as those Relationship Elements where each person bears a responsibility for the welfare of the other and, thus, what expectations each might reasonably expect of the other [- see more](https://hackmd.io/@IntentionalRelationships/Reciprocity)  

### Forms of Mutual Support
Mutual support can be understood as the supportive practice that emerge in the one-to-one dynamics of any given relationship, inlcuding emotional support, intellectual support, emergancy support, [- see more](https://hackmd.io/@IntentionalRelationships/MutualSupport)  

## Next Steps
- Explore the **see more** links for each of the sub-components of this section. 
- Explore the relationship elements associated with [Expectation Agreements](https://hackmd.io/@IntentionalRelationships/Expectations) or [Structural Dynamics](https://hackmd.io/@IntentionalRelationships/StructuralDynamics).
- Return to the relationship elements associated with [Identifying Attractions](https://hackmd.io/@IntentionalRelationships/Attractions)
- Return to [Introduction to Relationship Elements](https://hackmd.io/@IntentionalRelationships/ElementsOverview)
- Return to the [Overview of Resources for Customising Intentional Relationships](https://hackmd.io/@IntentionalRelationships/Overview)
- Return to the [List of Contents](https://hackmd.io/@IntentionalRelationships/ContentsPage) for Resources for Customising Intentional Relationships 

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