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31. Five Love Languages: A Major Change to Our Relationship


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Love languages are important for anyone no matter what your relationship status is. Love languages aren't about how you want to give love, but it's about how your partner wants to receive love. People can also have more than one, but everyone has a primary. Even if you're not in a relationship or coupled up, knowing yourself is key to being the best you can. Some of this can even apply to other familial relationships, friendships or even work.
For years Jason and Karal missed the mark by trying to show love to each other not in the way the other wanted to be loved (THEIR LOVE LANGUAGE), but in how they (Jason and Karal) wanted to be loved. Arguments, disagreements and hurt feelings was the result. After better understanding and accepting each other's love language, they were able to communicate the gaps better. Karal spent 7 years working in a healthy marriage and healthy relationship environment. In essence, it was a marriage counseling and marriage education program (although her job wouldn't allow staff to use the terms "counseling" and "therapy"). However, it wasn't until Karal humbled herself and honed in on all of the resources around her that she was able to make a change within herself and then share that with Jason.
Each love language will get its own episode because each of them are important. The 5 love language are 1) Acts of Service, 2) Physical Touch, 3) Quality Time, 4) Receiving Gifts, and 5) Words of Affirmation (Source: Dr. Gary Chapman)
Do you know what your love language is? 5 Love Languages Quiz: www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes
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