The ability to give and to receive. “I get past my fears long enough to disclose my feelings and receive yours, to show affection—both sexually and non-sexually—and to receive yours.”
Without insisting on parity. Yes, one may hope for parity and one needs to discern, acknowledge, and appreciate that hope because if ignored it hardens into an expectation which when not met precisely turns minimally into resentment (more at resentirment as it will become a rumination and a stumbling block. Yogically this would be the seed of a samskara or granthis depending on how hardened)
