There are partnerships where one person is more emotional than the other. He seems to be needy, intense and possessive, whereas she plays an uninvolved role and becomes the vamp. The psychological forces at work in such a bond is the fact that the first fears that if he does not fill the emotional void, then the relationship will deflate like a failed soufflé. In all practicality, the space needed within a relationship must be almost equal. _________________________ (a) If you find yourself to be in such a predicament, where you take up too much of the common space, the only way to go further is to back off a little bit, let your significant other come to you. (b) In salsa dancing also, one has to respect the other's space and not overcrowd them. (c) In trivial pursuits, space is of such significance and so the value of it in relationship is all the more. (d) It can be understood with the help of a concept as simple as kabaddi- that if you cross the line beyond a point, only you will lose and be made to sit out for the rest of the game.