The Five Love Language Analysis

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Paul proclaimed (53-57 AD) love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. Love can be all these holy and honorable things but as most people can attest to, Love is also complicated. Without doubt, love is one of the most complicated forces of nature we could ever experience. What contributes to this complication, among other things, is the difference of languages in which love is communicated. As intricately unique as we are as individuals, we are even more so when it comes to the way we love and expect love in return. After class discussions and reading The Five Love Languages, written by Dr. Gary Chapman, I learned how to interpret love into five major languages: gift giving, words of affirmation, acts of service, quality time and physical touch (Chapman 2015). I’ve also examined how they apply to me, personally. Because of this examination I was able to not only learn my primary love language, but also how those …show more content…
After taking the love language quiz I learned gift giving is actually my lowest ranking love language. I believe based off of the way I was raised, (to give of yourself instead of to receive) gifts weren’t a priority in my household and as a result, aren’t of high importance in relation to my love languages. In order to communicate love to my father I would need to actually commit an act of service. This is illustrated by his vast appreciation of nothing more than to come home to a clean house and a good meal. This is because his primary love language is acts of service. Some say actions are louder than words. High importance on acts of service subscribes to this notion. Personally, after evaluating my results from the Love Languages quiz I examined that acts of service rank third in importance for me. This is because occasionally I enjoy people doing things for me but due to of how independent I am, I would feel smothered if it happened to