Comments on: Creating Relational Intimacy Through the Sharing of Minor Details in Life http://rhettsmith.com/2009/06/29/creating-relational-intimacy-through-the-sharing-of-minor-details-in-life/ Transitioning Life's Journey Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:07:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Facebook Isn’t the Problem…But Maybe Your Marriage Is http://rhettsmith.com/2009/06/29/creating-relational-intimacy-through-the-sharing-of-minor-details-in-life/comment-page-1/#comment-8361 Facebook Isn’t the Problem…But Maybe Your Marriage Is Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:05:21 +0000 http://rhettsmith.com/?p=2554#comment-8361 [...] What does Facebook flip into when pushed to extremes? When pushed to extremes, Facebook can create “ambient intimacy” and “ambient awareness” with others who are not your spouse. This “ambient intimacy” and “ambient [...] [...] What does Facebook flip into when pushed to extremes? When pushed to extremes, Facebook can create “ambient intimacy” and “ambient awareness” with others who are not your spouse. This “ambient intimacy” and “ambient [...]

]]> By: Providing Understanding for Parent’s Experiences Around Their Kids and Technology http://rhettsmith.com/2009/06/29/creating-relational-intimacy-through-the-sharing-of-minor-details-in-life/comment-page-1/#comment-8318 Providing Understanding for Parent’s Experiences Around Their Kids and Technology Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:37:45 +0000 http://rhettsmith.com/?p=2554#comment-8318 [...] and the tools of social media create an “ambient intimacy”, or “ambient awareness” that I think people, especially teenagers find so appealing.  Teenagers are usually connected at [...] [...] and the tools of social media create an “ambient intimacy”, or “ambient awareness” that I think people, especially teenagers find so appealing.  Teenagers are usually connected at [...]

]]> By: chris http://rhettsmith.com/2009/06/29/creating-relational-intimacy-through-the-sharing-of-minor-details-in-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7473 chris Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:34:43 +0000 http://rhettsmith.com/?p=2554#comment-7473 Yeah, I think that's a great way to describe it. Ambient Intimacy. The whole social media world amazes me. I am astounded by it. I crave the connection, but find myself having a problem connecting to it. There is too much real life in my life to have a fruitful social media life. Many would say, "Well, good for you." But there's a piece of me that wants <i>ambient intimacy</i>. Almost as if it were a window into my more contemplative soul, a place where I could still interact relationally, but rest the physical counterpart that accompanies my high degree of communication. I want people to read my blog, but I don't have space to read theirs. I want to RT and get involved Twitter conversations, beyond the limitations of my time and space, but twitter twice a week. It's wild...I'm a social media wanna be, ambiently <i>un</i>intimate. Yeah, I think that’s a great way to describe it.

Ambient Intimacy.

The whole social media world amazes me. I am astounded by it. I crave the connection, but find myself having a problem connecting to it. There is too much real life in my life to have a fruitful social media life. Many would say, “Well, good for you.” But there’s a piece of me that wants ambient intimacy.

Almost as if it were a window into my more contemplative soul, a place where I could still interact relationally, but rest the physical counterpart that accompanies my high degree of communication. I want people to read my blog, but I don’t have space to read theirs. I want to RT and get involved Twitter conversations, beyond the limitations of my time and space, but twitter twice a week. It’s wild…I’m a social media wanna be, ambiently unintimate.

]]> By: Adam_S http://rhettsmith.com/2009/06/29/creating-relational-intimacy-through-the-sharing-of-minor-details-in-life/comment-page-1/#comment-7439 Adam_S Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:31:27 +0000 http://rhettsmith.com/?p=2554#comment-7439 That is a great phrase. I was talking about it with some friends tonight. My friend totally agreed with it. She saw about 6 or so friends from high school that she doesn't usually see in person but are all friends on twitter. Their "ambient intimacy" gave them a relational comfort that was quite disproportionate from the amount of time they spent together in high school. I friend of my wife's is friends on facebook with me. We are both stay at home "parents" (I am actually a nanny for my niece not a parent). But we frequently talk over facebook about the little details of our day. She actually talked about missing my wife and I's posts when we were on vacation and not posting much. By her description she actually missed us, not just our posts, even though I only have met her a couple times and my wife only sees her every couple months. That is a great phrase. I was talking about it with some friends tonight. My friend totally agreed with it. She saw about 6 or so friends from high school that she doesn't usually see in person but are all friends on twitter. Their "ambient intimacy" gave them a relational comfort that was quite disproportionate from the amount of time they spent together in high school.

I friend of my wife's is friends on facebook with me. We are both stay at home "parents" (I am actually a nanny for my niece not a parent). But we frequently talk over facebook about the little details of our day. She actually talked about missing my wife and I's posts when we were on vacation and not posting much. By her description she actually missed us, not just our posts, even though I only have met her a couple times and my wife only sees her every couple months.

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