Hi NavyMe,
I read it a LONG time ago but found it very helpful. My husband and I speak much different languages. Realizing that his main language of love was acts of service really helped me communicate more clearly to him. We kept trying to say "I love you" in our own language of love (mine is words of encouragement, followed strongly by gift giving ) but we were saying it in a way that we could hear ourselves but that wasn't being heard by the person it was intended for. It was interesting reading. And there's nothing wrong with figuring out different ways to understand yourself. Always use whatever you can lay your hands on that make sense.

AG

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(mine is words of encouragement, followed strongly by gift giving )

Priceless, AG, Love this!

Liese

I'm single right now (probably for the best, ha), but I really found the book eye opening with regard to past relationships, friendships and looking back on parental and family dynamics. Really interesting read, and written in a direct, non-jargon fashion that made it an interesting and enjoyable read.

My adopted daughter has RAD. about a year ago, when she was 12, her therapist assigned her homework from the book. She had to read sections and write about them and practice them. It really helped her - I was amazed and grateful! she also then read and did homework on the 5 languages of apology.

I checked out and completed the online quiz for the 5 languages of apology, but I'm seriously considering reading the book. Did you read it yourself/find it useful?

I did read it while my daughter was reading it. It was great for her. I think I will re-read it again in the future and see what I can personally gain from it.

Jumping in years later.... I found the quiz very interesting - some of the questions were hard to answer, either because both fit equally well, or neither fit at all!

Not surprising I'm "quality time" tied with "physical touch." So interesting. Wish I could figure out this whole concept of love.

R2G, the same as me, quality time with physical touch. Interesting.

Interesting quiz.

((R2G)) ((Scars)) I'm the same as you two; physical touch 11 !! and quality time 9
Acts of service? 1 !!

It's so interesting how the survey worked.... I am tempted to take it again in the morning, and see how much my responses vary from day to night, as I'm usually more depressed in the evening.

I am going to do look into this.

I liked this quiz. I had never heard of this book. It kind of confirmed what I already knew. I like to hear things. My result was Words of Affirmation. I basically knew I was an Aural Learner type person. But this was neat because I can see I am not a physical type person so I remember in my last workplace everyone was just so "huggy." and I think they got a bit miffed because I hated all the hugs and high 5s

What I did notice when I took this quiz is that although I like to hear words of encouragement, I realized I "show" my love through gifts or quality time.

so
9 quality time
8 acts of service
7 words of affirmation
5 physical touch
1 receiving gifts
now I am going to have a good think about this.
I know from my time in therapy that have issues and I think they show here!

Heh, I knew that it will be phisical touch.. and I recieved 10 points at this.