It’s been stated time and time again: Communication is the key to making romances work. But clear and effective communication is not always easy to achieve, especially when it comes to expressing yourself to your partner and your partner expressing themselves to you. Enter: “Love Languages.”
Longtime relationship counselor Gary Chapman introduces us to the concept of Love Languages in his book, Five Love Languages. Chapman states: “My conclusion after thirty years of marriage counseling is that there are basically five emotional love languages—five ways that people speak and understand emotional love. In the field of linguistics a language may have numerous dialects or variations. Similarly, within the five basic emotional love languages, there are many dialects....The important thing is to speak the love language of your spouse.”
It may seem like a complicated concept, but it becomes quite simple by the end of the book. Essentially, the five love languages can be broken down as follows:
- Words of Affirmation: Using spoken affection, praise, or appreciation to express that affection.
- Acts of Service: In this case love is expressed through actions rather than words.
- Receiving Gifts: Gifting is symbolic of love and affection.
- Quality Time: In which affection is expressed through dedicated, undivided, and undistracted attention.
- Physical Touch: Ranging anywhere from sex to holding hands as a means of expressing affection through physical touch.
Chapman believe that speaking the same love language as your spouse is the key to any successful relationship, and who are we to argue.
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