Love Me In My Language: A Look At The 5 Love Languages By Gary Chapman
Love Me in My Language:
A Look at The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
University of Central Florida Nicholson School of Communication
Love Me in My Language:
A Look at The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman Gary Chapman is a marriage counselor who also leads marriage enrichment seminars. Through counseling and observing various married couples, Chapman has theorized that there are different ways that different people perceive love. One person could feel especially loved when being hugged, while another could feel the same way when spending one on one time with their partner. According to Chapman, there are five “languages” we all speak. They are words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. Much like regular languages, each person has a primary love language that they can speak best and that makes them feel the most loved. This book takes a look at each language and …show more content…
Openness can easily be shown with quality time by having uninterrupted listening time for each partner. So one partner listens without reservations or judgments to what the other one has to say and after the action is reciprocated. Positivity can be communicated through quality time by having upgraded quality time with the partner by taking them to a nice restaurant and then going to play mini golf. This can be used as a reward and also an encouragement for positivity in the relationship. A partner whose love language is quality time can feel assured when the other partner takes time away from other less important tasks to spend it with them. Social networks can be used for quality time when the partner is unable to provide it or when they need a break. For sharing tasks, the act in general is quality time and therefore can be used as such very
A Look at The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
University of Central Florida Nicholson School of Communication
Love Me in My Language:
A Look at The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman Gary Chapman is a marriage counselor who also leads marriage enrichment seminars. Through counseling and observing various married couples, Chapman has theorized that there are different ways that different people perceive love. One person could feel especially loved when being hugged, while another could feel the same way when spending one on one time with their partner. According to Chapman, there are five “languages” we all speak. They are words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. Much like regular languages, each person has a primary love language that they can speak best and that makes them feel the most loved. This book takes a look at each language and …show more content…
Openness can easily be shown with quality time by having uninterrupted listening time for each partner. So one partner listens without reservations or judgments to what the other one has to say and after the action is reciprocated. Positivity can be communicated through quality time by having upgraded quality time with the partner by taking them to a nice restaurant and then going to play mini golf. This can be used as a reward and also an encouragement for positivity in the relationship. A partner whose love language is quality time can feel assured when the other partner takes time away from other less important tasks to spend it with them. Social networks can be used for quality time when the partner is unable to provide it or when they need a break. For sharing tasks, the act in general is quality time and therefore can be used as such very