My husband and I were talking tonight about someone I’ve met recently at homeschool co-op and I said that I think her love language is Acts of Service. He had no idea what I was talking about so I pulled out “Dr.Google” and looked it up so I could explain it to him. I read the book The 5 Love Languages a really long time ago, but I couldn’t really remember what they were off the top of my head.
I made him go through the test on the 5 Love Languages site and then did the same for myself so I could compare the two of us. It really didn’t surprise me a whole lot about our answers and really we match up pretty well. Before I get into our scores, here’s a little about each of the languages:
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Now here is my husband’s score:
9 Acts of Service
8 Physical Touch
8 Quality Time
4 Words of Affirmation
1 Receiving Gifts
Receiving gifts did not shock me at all, as he is not a gift person. I totally knew he liked the top three almost equally. Some of the times it did surprise me a bit that he would like words of affirmation more. I will have to keep that in mind. Now here’s my scores:
10 Acts of Service
7 Physical Touch
6 Quality Time
4 Receiving Gifts
3 Words of Affirmation
As you can see, gifts ranks a little higher on mine than him. I’m not materialistic, I just like knowing that he saw something that made him think of me and he wanted to give it to me. I definitely like acts of service, though. I like when he jumps in to help out when I’m stressed out the most. Quality time is also very important to me. I like our (at least) once a month date nights to recharge and reconnect with each other.
When you go to the site you can even take the quiz about your children. I may do that and leave it for another post this month. If you take the quiz on yourself, your partner, or your kids, I’d love to hear your results. You can also check out the book The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts to learn more about the 5 Love Languages. Have you ever read the book or taken the quiz to learn about your Love Language?
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Rachael says
Five Love Languages is a great concept! I read The Perfect Pet for Peyton by Dr. Gary Chapman to my kids as well, to help them understand the idea and figure out what their languages are. It introduces it in storybook form.
BTW: My top language is Quality TIme. Peter is Words of Affirmation and Physical Touch, if you were wondering. My daughter is Gifts and Physical Touch, and my son is Physical Touch and Quality Time. I am a not-touchy person living with a lot of people who really need a lot of snuggles and affection! Some days, I am just touched out! But I try!
Paula says
I can see you as a quality time person for sure.