I would be more inclined to say intimacy = sex. One can always have sex without intimacy but it is much more difficult (I believe particularly for women) to have intimacy without sex.
And perhaps she doesn't feel she is being "unrealistic"
Heywyre
M - 57 H - 65 1st A-bomb - Nov 27/02 2nd A-bomb - Dec 13/06 together 21 years *************************** Insanity is doing something over and over and expecting different results (Albert Einstein)