So
I was talking to an old friend the other day and he asked me if I knew about
the 5 languages of love. I had no idea love had 5 languages. So I Googled it
and found this article. The article is based off Gary Chapman’s work. The 5
languages include: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Gifts, Acts of Service,
and Touch.
What
I found most interesting was that when I took the quiz, I did not score into
the Language of Gifts. Instead I scored a 10 on Quality Time, while the other categories
had the scores of 5. A person can score 12s in more than one of these
languages. Scoring a 12 is the highest score. I definitely agree with this
article after reading the spoiler alerts. If my partner would like to watch
sports, I'd rather play the sport together. If I’m talking to someone, I want my
significant other to actually converse with me. Share his opinions. It fits me
so perfectly.
I
definitely want to learn more about the topic. It seems like it could save some
relationships in the future. It definitely affects the world because we should
learn how to communicate better. I hope you like the article and take the quiz!
To end this with a quote:
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." -Nelson Mandela
You're article was very informative and eye opening. I wasn't very surprised with my results but I did find them accurate. I'm curious as to how some of my friends would score on this quiz.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I got.
ReplyDelete7Words of Affirmation
9Quality Time
3Receiving Gifts
5Acts of Service
6Physical Touch
I'm not surprised I scored so high in quality time. It is very important for me to have with people I care about. I am surprised as to how high I scored in physical touch. I rarely come into physical contact with other people, but I do see how it can be comforting. I don't know why I scored so low on the gift category. When someone gives me a gift outside of a birthday or holiday, it is usually very special to me.
Either way, I think it will be useful to find this out about other people, so I can better make them feel better when they are down.
I got 11 for Quality Time, 8 for Physical Touch, 5 for Words of Affirmation, 5 for Acts of Service, 1 for Receiving Gifts. I very rarely like getting gifts because then I feel like I'm expected to either get a gift in return or some other expectation is created and that makes me uncomfortable. I'd say the time I spend with someone is always the most important thing to me because time is one of the most limited resources that people have and it's special to me when they decide to spend their time with me.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. I actually chose an article on Gary Chapman's Five Love Languages as well. My results:
ReplyDelete7 Words of Affirmation
11 Quality Time
0 Receiving Gifts
3 Acts of Service
9 Physical Touch
I definitely think it's interesting to see and understand the different levels of communication in different contexts especially relational. Thanks for sharing your insights:)
Sorry, I barely saw this and thought it was cool. My top 3 were quality time, receiving gifts, and words of affirmation!
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