{"id":4380,"date":"2009-09-10T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=4380"},"modified":"2009-09-05T16:05:37","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T22:05:37","slug":"five-love-langauges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/five-love-langauges\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Love Langauges"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"5<\/a>This book by Gary Chapman was recommended to me by my niece, who found it a helpful reference for her young family.\u00a0 It’s a quick read, plus Chapman has multiple versions out on the same topic.\u00a0 Similar to Jack Canfield’s <\/em>Chicken Soup for the S<\/em>oul<\/em> series, he has editions especially designed for men, singles, teens, children, etc.\u00a0— you get the picture.\u00a0\u00a0 The one I actually read was God Speaks Your Love Languag<\/strong>e<\/strong><\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

The premise is simple enough.\u00a0 According to Chapman, who has more than 30 years of counseling experience, “each person has a primary love language.”\u00a0\u00a0 We tend to be drawn to people who speak our primary language because we feel they are meeting our basic need to be loved.\u00a0 Conversely, if a person does not speak our primary language, we may question whether they really do love us or not.<\/p>\n

The five love languages are:<\/p>\n

1) Words of Affirmation<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Most people love to hear the words, “Good job!”\u00a0Some individuals, however,\u00a0crave that affirmation and are also easily hurt by\u00a0critical comments.<\/p>\n

2) Quality Time<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 This is about spending time one-on-one, giving\u00a0undivided attention.<\/p>\n

3) Gifts<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 These tend to be tangible expressions, such as birthday presents or even money.<\/p>\n

4) Acts of Service<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The list is endless– mowing the lawn, washing the dishes, cooking a meal.<\/p>\n

5) Physical Touch<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Hugging , high fives and back rubs would all fit here.<\/p>\n

Okay, so now that you know the basics\u00a0— What’s your <\/em><\/strong>primary love language?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This book by Gary Chapman was recommended to me by my niece, who found it a helpful reference for her young family.\u00a0 It’s a quick read, plus Chapman has multiple versions out on the same topic.\u00a0 Similar to Jack Canfield’s Chicken Soup for the Soul series, he has editions especially[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[814,155,746,248,680],"class_list":["post-4380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-commitment","tag-family","tag-giving","tag-love","tag-relationships"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-18E","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4380"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4403,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380\/revisions\/4403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}