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Monday, June 18, 2018

Love Languages: A Useful Tool


So I’m sure you have all heard of The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman. I have studied love languages for a while now and I believe they are one of many good methods to really connect with your significant other. There is a nifty little quiz you can find in PDF format. My boyfriend and I both took the quiz and the results were not surprising.

The Five Love Languages are: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. Each one involves a unique set of skills to show someone you love them.

For example, I have a friend named Eric. He studied Russian in college and ended up in a study abroad program. He fell in love with this one girl and the only way to tell her how he felt was to say it in Russian. The love languages work the same way. You have to find that unique way to communicate with someone otherwise they don’t understand.

My quiz results were Quality Time followed by Words of Affirmation which was tied with Physical Touch. My boy friend on the other hand got Quality Time but that was followed by Physical Touch. So we have some stuff in common. Physical Touch is the easy part. It comes naturally. Words of Affirmation, on the other hand, are a lot harder for someone that is an introvert like my boyfriend. It does take time to learn how to communicate with each other.

I think everyone can benefit from studying their significant others Love Language. It could mean the difference between a deep connection and a superficial one.

-Melody