What are the different love languages?

COMPATIBILITY is an important factor for a relationship to flourish and Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to show the person you love them.

Knowing your partner’s love language can help you figure out how to express your feelings this Valentine’s Day.

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What are the different love languages?

In 1992, Gary Chapman released a book explaining the love language that romantic partners use to express and experience love.

There are five different love languages, each representing an aspect of the relationship.

Service Behavior

This may sound like a potentially toxic one, but acts of service are simply things your partner does to make your life easier.

These can range from making you a cuppa to picking up your parents from the station, basically anything that can help you out.

The act of service embodies actions that speak louder than words.

Give a gift

We can sometimes be embarrassed to say that we prefer to receive gifts at the risk of sounding materialistic or greedy.

However, giving a gift doesn’t have to be expensive, it could be a surprise bouquet of flowers or a handmade card.

Value is not the important factor here, rather it is someone thinking to bring something that can brighten your day.

Quality time

Another love language is exactly as it sounds – simply spending time with your loved one.

This could be going out on a romantic vacation or just sitting on the sofa doing separate things together.

It is the close proximity to each other that is comforting and substantial.

Physical touch

For those who love to hold hands with their partner, this is the love language for you.

You can communicate more than you realize with your body language, so opening up to someone and being physically close, especially since we’ve all grown two feet together, is important.

Affirmation

Affirmations are for those who use their words to express love.

Telling your partner that you love them or using other ways to express your feelings can help with clear and transparent communication.

Our voice also contributes to this, so just a text message may not be enough, voice notes and phone calls are a great alternative if you cannot meet in person.

What is my love language?

Each is a combination of all five love languages.

To get your job done, you need to consider what you want to receive and what you give.

You may love giving gifts but love hearing affirmations.

There are plenty of online tests you can take to find it, but you’ll probably find out you feel the strongest connection to it.

Rank the most important to you from most to least and ask your partner to do the same, this will help both of you understand what is important to each other.

What is the most common love language?

When sampling people on his website in 2010, Chapman found that affirmations were the most common love language.

However, in 2018, Hinge analyzed their users and found that quality time is the most common.

This may change to reflect what’s more important to people who are dating than to people who are in long-term relationships.

If you live together quality time Much easier than giving gifts.

Since you’re made up of all five love languages, you’re likely to find your preferences, and therefore dominant language, changing over the years.