How to Use the 5 Love Languages
Hey Queens! Let’s rewind to a few months ago when I spoke about the 5 Love Languages: Acts of Service, Quality Time, Words of Affirmation, Receiving Gifts and Physical Touch. During that conversation, I shared with you guys that it is perfectly okay to have a different language from your partner and that you should take the time to learn how to appeal to their individual language.
Check out these tips on how to show your partner the love that hey are yearning for:
Acts of Service: Often times its the little things that count the most, anything that can aid in your partner having one less thing to do will be helpful. Here are some examples: pack lunch for the kids, wash the dishes, sweep the kitchen, take out the trash, put gas in the car, make breakfast in the morning.
Quality Time: This usually means that your partner is looking for you to do more things with them and to be present in the moment with them. Here are some examples: take them for a walk, play a game together, go shopping together, listen to them talk about their day and most importantly PUT THE PHONE DOWN!!!
Words of Affirmation: If this is your partners language, it simply means that even though they know that you care; they want those feelings to be articulated more often. Here are some examples: “I love you”, “you make me happy”, “you are smart”, “thank you for…”, “I love it when you…”, “I appreciate you”.
Receiving Gifts: When it comes to receiving gifts, it doesn’t always have to be a grand gesture. Don’t waste too much time or money thinking of something materialistic, small tokens of appreciation often go a long way. Here are some examples: flowers just because, birthday cards, their favorite treat, their favorite bevarage, replace their old house shoes, purchase their favorite hair or beauty products if you notice that it’s running low.
Physical Touch: Most people only think of the bedroom when talking about physical touch; and although that’s important, there’s way more to this love language. Here are some examples: randomly grab your partners hand, hug them after a long day, give them a massage, kiss them on the cheek or forehead, cuddle with them.
At the end of the day everyone just wants to be loved. Some of us may lack the skills to express how we want to be loved and how to show love to others. Luckily for us, platforms like this exist and can aid you in determing your love language along with providing resources to meet not just your partners needs but your individual needs as well.
Be sure to share your love language in the comments along with one way that you would like to be shown love.
Until next time,
Talesa
