What Even Is MY Love Language?

The Importance of Being Loved & Loving

By Grace K. Bianco

Our foundation is strong. So, our arguments won’t cause us to collapse.

Ibelieve understanding the five different love languages is really important. I recommend Dr. Gary Chapman’s book, “The Five Different Love Languages,” to everyone (in a relationship or not), and I would take the online quiz as well. I, myself, have read it twice, and have also read bits of it with my husband. It’s such an easy and good read.

It’s important to understand love. We get so caught up in life that we forget to focus on what we need in our relationship and what our spouse needs as well. This makes it easier to get frustrated/lose our patience, because we don’t have much of a foundation to begin with. You need to strengthen the love between the two of you to be able to fight against the trials that lay ahead together.

My Love Language(s)

If you have never heard of the five different love languages, they are: Acts of Service, Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Gift Giving, and Physical Touch.

My primary love language is quality time, but my secondary that comes right behind it is words of affirmation. I require a lot of attention, but I also need a fair amount of validation. I don’t care what I am doing with my husband as long as I am with him. Even though quality time could just be sitting together in silence, I still love…