How important is it to have a genuine emotional connection to someone else in order to develop a relationship?
Let's start by defining what emotional connection is. Emotional connection is sharing a common unspoken language with your significant other. It's staying attuned to their needs and problems and following up when you know they need it.
In reality, it is virtually impossible to have a relationship of any kind without an emotional connection that makes you feel like you have something in common with that person. It doesn't matter if you're talking about a romantic relationship or something that is completely platonic. Without an emotional connection that brings the two of you together, it is virtually impossible to have any type of meaningful relationship whatsoever.
Imagine having a relationship that doesn't involve any type of emotional connection. It might seem like the relationship is going along just fine for a time, but the reality of the situation is that it is impossible to have any type of quality relationship without that connection. When it doesn't exist, the relationship in question becomes one that is only superficial in nature. It is essentially impossible for anything more meaningful to develop because there is nothing from which to base that relationship on. These types of relationships might seem like fun for a while, but they have a tendency to fizzle out very quickly. After all, it's exceedingly difficult to develop any type of meaningful relationship when the only thing that two people have in common is a shallow, essentially meaningless basis. It just doesn't work.
On the other hand, a relationship that genuinely focuses on an emotional connection allows for the types of experiences necessary for that relationship to grow. When two people share an emotional connection, there are virtually no limits to the quality of relationship that they can enjoy. Perhaps the biggest challenge is for people to let go of all of the thoughts that constantly hold them back and simply allow themselves to feel the emotion that is so necessary, so critical, with their hearts and then act on them. At the end of the day, it is this connection that we have with other people that matters more than anything else and it is what will get us through both the good times and the bad.
