Sunday, February 1, 2009

What is your language of Love?

Five Languages of Love
1. Words of affirmation: one whose primary love language is affirmation needs to be reminded how much he or she is being loved and appreciated and constantly needs to be complimented. They feel loved and accepted by simply telling them I love the way that shoe looks on you.
2. Quality Time: Spending quality time together is what does it for some people. A guy watching his favorite football team play and the girl cooking in the kitchen but in the same house is not considered spending quality time together. Quality time is the both of you sharing your dreams, thoughts, problems, and anything you consider important together.
3. Gifts: Gift is not a payment for service, it is something you give with a total abandonment of self. Everyone loves gifts but it is not the ultimate for some while for others it shows how much they are being remembered. Special days for a person whose primary love language is gift always expects gifts and appreciate them more than spending time with them or affirming your love to them. Only give when appropriate, there can be inappropriate gifts or premature gifts.
4. Act of serving: This is when you do something for someone else that you don’t necessarily enjoy doing. It is doing selflessly when not being asked but knowing it would put a smile on that person's face.
5. Physical touch: This should not be in a sexual or evasive way. Holding hands, hugging, tapping one on the shoulder can make or break a relationship. If your intended does not have a primary language of physical touch you might feel rejected.

Most of us have a primary language; one of these five will be dominant. You need to know how to learn the other person’s language and know how to speak your own language. Your language of love can change overtime because our needs to change as we grow.

To take the Five Languages of Love quiz, go to the following link:
http://edified.org/myspace/lovelanguage

It takes a few minutes and gives you a starting point!

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