5 Love Languages Everyone Needs To Understand For A Healthy Relationship

They're vital for a happy and healthy partnership.

What are the five love languages and what do they mean? We're helping you decode them to understand the different ways people express love.

The book that sparked the new way of thinking about love, The 5 Love Languages® by Dr. Gary Chapman, was written in 1995 and has become more popular recently. What exactly are they and what do they mean?

The five love languages describe the way we feel loved and appreciated. Depending on our individual personality types, we may feel loved differently than how our partners do.
Understanding and decoding these different ways of showing love will help take the guesswork out of your partner’s expectations and needs.

According to Dr. Chapman, there are five love languages: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, and Physical Touch.

THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES

Knowing your partners love language is so important!!!

* Words of affirmation

Put simply, telling someone you love them.
This love language expresses love with words that build up your partner. Verbal compliments don’t have to be complicated; the shortest and simplest praises can be the most effective.
“That dress looks incredible on you!”
“You always make me laugh.”
“I love your hair today.”

Words mean a lot if your partner has this love language. Compliments and an “I love you” can go a long way. On the other hand, negative or insulting comments can hurt your partner and it could take them longer to forgive than others.

* Acts of service
How you demonstrate that you are thinking of someone. "You could open a door for them, or remember if they’ve eaten or not, or demonstrate some care for them," Gurpreet says. "Even remembering they love cheesecake, and bringing one home could be an act of service."

Receiving gifts: Gifts are very symbolic, he explains. "If somebody started talking about the value of gift, that would lead you down a different road. This gift is just about remembering someone."

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* Quality time

Yep, it's about spending time with each other. Gurpreet often hears clients say their partner "can’t ever be bothered to sit with me". This is often down to technology. "It acts as a big deterrent in a relationships because people are often on their phones, and quality time tends to diminish, so that tends to lead to a lot of hurting these days," he explains.

Physical touch

Gurpreet's clients will often complain their partner never holds their hand, for example. "This can mean anything from sex to just holding hands, to stroking someone’s hand, kissing," he says. " Some people like a morning kiss and an evening kiss, and other people don’t necessarily need that."

FINAL WORD :

There are five love languages: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, and Physical Touch. Each one is important and expresses love in its own way. Learning your partner’s and your own primary love language will help create a stronger bond in your relationship.