When my husband and I were dating (and I say that loosely since we had a long distance relationship), our "dating" consisted of a ritual nightly telephone call, where we developed a beautiful non-physical intimate relationship.
I had just bought the book "The Five Love Languages", by Gary Chapman suggesting to my new beau that he do the same. We decided to read a chapter daily, then discuss each chapter in our nightly phone conversations.
What we learned was that each of us have a "love language", and a very important "love tank" that needs to be filled. Just as an automobile needs a full tank of gasoline to run, every human needs their love tank filled.
There are 5 love languages described in the book:
* Words of Affirmation
* Quality Time
* Receiving Gifts
* Acts of Service
* Physical Touch
Now you may read those and automatically think you know what your love language is, and you may be right as I thought I knew what my love language was. Until I read the book! I wasn't far off on my choice, but I found that my true love language was not what I thought.
I also realized that my children have love languages too, and I had been way off on knowing what they were, and keeping their "love tank" full!
This book was a blessing to me, not only because I learned a deeper detail of myself, but it allows me to communicate with my husband and children on a level of intimacy that I wouldn't have been able to other wise. It also has given my husband and I some authority to hold each other accountable in our "love tank" maintenance. Just as an automobile needs maintenance to run properly, we too need maintenance to run properly.
If your curious (and you should be) about your "love language", I highly recommend the read. You can purchase the book right here by scrolling down the bottom of the page to "Books I Love". You can click right on "The Five Love Languages", and it will take to to the purchasing options.
I do hope you take this book into consideration. I think you'll find a different "language" in all of your intimate relationships!
Have an intimate day!
Jennifer
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Pickwick
5 years ago
My beloved calls it a bucket...buckets are easier to carry then tanks. :-)
ReplyDeletePaige, you crack me up! I do love to hear how other couples share there positive interactions with each other!
ReplyDeleteSo keep the "bucket" filled!
Jennifer
I think I'm a cross between quality time and acts of service. I rarely give gifts (too poor), say I love you (because it's not my style) and am usually too far away to touch my loved ones. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to take a look at this book.
Jai