You seek depth in relationships above everything else. Surface-level attraction doesn't hold your attention. You want a partner you can truly see — and who sees you in return, at the level where words stop being necessary. Intimacy for you is recognition. When it works, it's profound. You build bonds that are few in number but extraordinary in quality, with emotional understanding that goes far beyond ordinary closeness.
The challenge is idealization. You can build an internal model of who your partner is that doesn't fully match reality. When the gap between your vision and their actual behavior becomes too wide, disappointment hits hard. You may also absorb your partner's emotional state so completely that you lose contact with your own needs. The strongest relationships for you include a partner who respects your complexity without needing to decode every layer — someone who creates safety without crowding your interior space.