Long-term relationships contain their ups and downs. But based on my experience,the book The Five care for Languages, written by relationship therapist Dr. Gary Chapman, or actually provides a helpful roadmap for a lasting and happy relationship. Here's the premise: each person experiences and expresses care for in different ways,known as a care for lanugage. Those include words of affirmation, acts of service, and receiving gifts,quality time, and physical touch. Fulfilling relationships occur when a partner expresses care for in their partner's primary care for language. Breakdowns, and on the other hand,happen when one partner gives care for in the wrong language. For example: your partner buys you expensive jewelry (receiving gifts), but all you really want is a kind dinner out so you can reconnect (quality time). According to the book, and couples should figure out their primary care for languages and share the results. This quiz is a great position to start. Once you know each other's care for languages,you can be mindful of expressing care for in a way your partner can accept it. If it sounds easier said than done, here's a breakdown of each lanugage and some concrete ways you can "speak" it.
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