What is the most common love language? Apparently there is one love language that is extremely common: quality time. In second place for women comes words of affirmation, as well as a tie between words of affirmation and physical touch for men.
They are Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Services, and Physical Touch.
Words of affirmation are traditionally thought to be the most common among the five love languages and reflect people who feel fulfilled and loved by someone's expression of positive emotions (Chapman & Chapman, 2010).
Acts of service is the rarest form of love language.
This partner's heart will swell at the thought of you giving up your time to help them - and will appreciate the physical expression of a thoughtful gesture.
The least common of the love languages (again, only by a small margin) is receiving gifts. Of the five, this one in particular gets a bad rap. Just because receiving a gift makes your partner feel loved doesn't mean they are superficial or materialistic.
Gift-giving is often misunderstood as a materialistic love language. People who primarily speak the love language of gifts are often labeled as superficial or materialistic. However, there is a deeper meaning behind this love language that goes beyond the physical gift itself.
"The most difficult match of love languages in my experience is when one person needs words of affirmation and the other person is not good at expressing love in words and has acts of service as their number one language," says Amy Armstrong, licensed independent social worker and co-founder of The Center for Family ...
Knowing your partner's love language and letting them know yours is a way to help you both feel loved and appreciated. Author and pastor Gary Chapman describes how to use these love languages to show your partner you care for them in a way that speaks to their heart.
Love confessions study shows men say 'I love you' first in heterosexual relationships. Men across the world are more likely than women to be the first to say 'I love you' in a relationship, new international research from Abertay University has revealed.
FRENCH – MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOKEN LANGUAGE
If there is a language which draws a unanimous worldwide consent regarding its beauty, it is French. According to several informal online surveys, there seems to be a general infatuation for spoken French all over the world.
Different than the traditional love language, quality time, shared experiences focuses on finding deep-rooted bonds over new and intentional adventures. “It's both the experience itself and the thoughtfulness you put into making that experience happen that makes them feel loved,” House explains.
A Babbel survey also found that 34% of the 140,000 people interviewed said French is the sexiest language, while 37% said French is the sexiest accent. Ooh la la! A whopping 90% said that if they were to learn a language for its romanticism, they'd choose French.
Men love physical intimacy. Not just sex, even a non-sexual touch is something that can make them go crazy. Cuddling, hugging from behind, playing with their hair or touching their neck gives them a feeling of being loved. All these actions give them a sense of attachment, passion and care which every guy loves.
Men – especially those 45 and over – are much more likely than women to name physical touch as the top way they prefer to receive love. The third-ranked love language is words of affirmation; 19% of Americans choose this as their preferred way to receive love.
Physical touch is one of the five love languages, and it refers to expressing and receiving affection through touch, physical closeness, and other forms of physical connection. Kissing, hugging, holding hands, and sex are all ways of showing love through the physical touch love language.
It will help you and your partner feel more appreciated.
Understanding your partner's love language will help you discern how they show their love, so that you do feel loved and appreciated, knowing the way in which they give their love is different than yours.
That's because our needs and wants are constantly shifting, and the way we experience, receive and give love can change, too. Our love language can change in response to our age, time in our life or in response to trauma, says Dr. Lev. Or, it can evolve the more we learn, grow and understand ourselves.
Two love languages that are really compatible are acts of service and receiving gifts. As couples therapist Jennifer Seip explains to Women's Health, both of these languages require partners to think about what their significant other would like to receive, making the process of loving quite selfless.
Spanish is the most spoken of the Romance languages, with around 75% of today's Spanish vocabulary coming from Latin. After Mandarin Chinese, Spanish is the second most spoken native language worldwide. The Spanish language is predominantly a phonetic language, meaning that words are pronounced as they are spelt.
If you really, truly value something so strongly it defines the way you give and receive love, your love language must be what you lacked throughout your life. Don't we all want what we've never had? If your love language is words of affirmation, encouragement and support may have not been in your childhood vocabulary.
In addition to learning how to show love, knowing a person's love language is also extremely helpful to keep from hurting them. We have taken to calling this, the opposite of your love language, your “Hurt Language” (or “Hate Language” as my son likes to say, since he thinks that describes it better).