Showing your love with your family is as important as knowing their love languages. Because even though you do your best at showing them your love, it would all go to waste if you speak different love languages.
What are the love languages?
There are five love languages: words of affirmation, quality time, gift-receiving, acts of service, and physical touch. Each is different ways of expressing and receiving love. When people show their love, it usually is how they want to receive it.
Gary Chapman, Ph.D., developed the concept of five love languages. He described them in his book "The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts." He categorized the five unique ways of communicating love based on his experience in marriage counseling and linguistics.
To know more about the five languages of love, here is a brief description of each:
Words of affirmation - verbal acknowledgments, words of appreciation, verbal encouragements, and digital communications
Quality time - active listening, eye contact, full presence, priority
Acts of services - action speaks louder than words, small and big chores done to make lives easier.
Gifts - visual symbols of love, receiving gifts
Physical touch - physical signs of affection like touching, holding hands, kissing, cuddling, and sex
Love languages quiz
Take this quiz to find out the type of love language to make you feel loved. Have your partner and children take the exam too to have an idea of how to fill their love needs. The type with the most statements that you reflect with is your primary love language.
Words of affirmation
Hearing "I love you" makes you feel special no matter how many times your partner says it to you.
You want to hear praises and compliments. You feel happy hearing grateful words, no matter how small your effort is.
You get butterflies when your partner found out that you had a haircut, or that you looked pretty in your new dress. You like it that your partner gives you attention every hour of every day.
You like it when they notice something positive about you.
"Thank you" are a few of the expressions that you love hearing.
Quality time
It is a must that you and your partner spend one-on-one regularly.
You feel appreciated when your partner prioritizes you.
Creating memories is very important to you.
Time together is gold.
Spending time together, even without doing anything, is pure joy.
Acts of service
Breakfast in bed makes your heart flutter.
Getting services you did not expect will surely put a smile on your face.
You wake up one day to find everything that you need right in front of you-prepared by your partner or children. And it made your day.
You can sleep the whole day after a tiring work and know that you can rely on your partner to ready everything.
You feel touched when other people complete the job you have left behind.
Gifts
You know you are loved when you receive gifts.
No matter how small or cheap a gift is, it is the thought that counts.
Surprise gifts are a part of your birthday expectations.
The holidays are extra special if with presents.
Mini gifts let you know that you are thought of.
Touch
Hugs, cuddles, and kissing make you feel loved.
You find it sweet when your partner holds your hand in public.
You were never strict about public displays of affection.
During dates, you would rather sit beside your partner.
Sexual intimacy is an important part of your relationship.
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