A lover should be regarded as a person demented. (Roman) A lover’s anger is short-lived. (Italian) All the world loves a lover. (Portuguese) As is the lover so is the beloved. (Italian) Every lover is a slave: he follows captive at his...

Normally used to an intimate partner, as in Gideon Planish, by Sinclair Lewis, where a wife uses it to her husband. It is used in exactly the same way in The Storyteller, by Harold Robbins. Variant usage is displayed in The Philanderer, by Stanley...

An intimate relationship is a particularly close interpersonal relationship. It is a relationship in which the participants know or trust one another very well or are confidants of one another, or a relationship in which there is physical or emotional...