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Summary: Language Instruction for Couples
Review: The book is intended for couples, but the ideas are applicable in nearly any relationship. In fact there is a chapter at the end for parent-child relationships.The premise of the book is that each of us has a natural way of both expressing and understanding love, and that those natural ways fall into five different styles, or 'languages.' In most cases we are married to a spouse whose natural language is different from our own. So when we try to express love to our spouse in our own language, it falls on deaf ears, so to speak. (In my own case I express in 'acts of service', and my wife understands 'words of affirmation'.) The theory is that this miscommunication starves the marriage relationship. But if we were to learn which language our spouse understands, and then use it consistently, we would improve our marriages tremendously. Yes, I read this book at the request of my wife; thus lending credence to those who claim that a man won't read a marriage book on his own. But regardless of motivation and initiative, I'm glad I read it. While perhaps walking close to the line of being too simplistic, Chapman offers an easy to understand model. And the book also strives to be easy to apply by offering plenty of suggestions to help the reader get started in doing it. Expressing love consistently and over the long haul in marriage is by no means an easy proposition, but I think this book offers great help.
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Summary: Best Guide on Relationships I've Read
Review: Highly recommended even for the couple who thinks they've got it all figured out and feel they have no major conflicts. As the author promised, there was a noticeable improvement in my relationship with my honey after reading this book. In fact, with my new awareness I noticed right away that my favorite guy opened up and looked more happy and relaxed than ever. This in turn made me feel great. It's been months since I read this book and I can honestly say we're on a better path than we've ever been. This book isn't just about big problems, its also about getting over past offenses and dealing with the small disappointments that happen weekly -- so you can stay together forever and be happy at the same time!! This book is an highly valuable education about understanding and communicating one's own needs as well as knowing how to better love-up one's best friend and life mate. I owe much to Gary Chapman's wonderful book.
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Summary: over simplifies
Review: I don't know why I bother reading books that try to squeeze the entire human race into five categories. If I felt it was obvious that one applied to me or even two, I might have gotten more out of this book. Most humans are too complex for these simple groupings. I don't mean to say that this book doesn't have anything to offer. But "saved our marriage?" Perhaps it gives people that want to work on their marriage tools for communicating their wants or desires. But the review made me think this book was revolutionary and for me it wasn't.
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Summary: The Five Love Languages
Review: This book was recommended by our pastor at church. My husband and I both read the book and refer back to it often. He actually finished reading the book before me. And while I was reading, he was over my shoulder reading along with me (his second time). Reading books like this open up communication in a relationship and in turn, opens up your heart to one another. Friends of ours were asking how and why we seem so happy these days and I would tell them it was because this book helped us become a happier couple together. Since then a number of our friends have borrowed my copy, read the book,and then bought their own copy for future reference. What a wonderful book this is! I'm now working on The Five Love Languages of Children and I love it as well. My 10 year old daughter reads it with me. Both of these books have been 'bonding' books; you read it with the one you love and it brings you so much closer! You can't go wrong with that!!
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Summary: This can change your marriage!
Review: My husband and I read this book together before we decided to marry and it completely set the stage for our marriage. He's an Acts of Service kind of guy, and I'm a Quality Time. Before we read this he was constantly doing all kinds of nice things for me while I sat and waited for him to stop with all the 'doing' and just spend time with me! Now that we understand how the other person understands love we are able to demonstrate it in a way that's meaningful. Not only that, but now when he does do nice things for me I'm beginning to understand that he's showing me how much he loves me. Over time we not only know how the other person understands love, but we're learning each other's language so that it becomes our 'secondary language'. This book will bring your communication and understanding of each other to a whole new level! I don't know where we would be if we hadn't read it!
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Summary: Love or Sex
Review: This book is an interesting but indirect approach to improving love between couples. Its philosphy of using improved love to improve lovemaking has real merit. I know that when I feel closer to my husband the sex is always better. But there are alot of non-emotional, technique-oriented factors that can contribute a LOT to having great sex, and this book doesn't go into that with any meaningful contributions. If you are wanting something of that ilk, you'd do well with the book "9 Free Secrets of New Sensual Power" or the DVD "New Free Sex" by Clint Arthur, or if you really feel like being nice to yourself, have them send you "Goddess Worship" and have your guy follow along with the guy in the video. After that it will be you Expressing!
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Summary: Fabulous
Review: This book can make anyone's marriage better. It's not just suggestions, but practical advice that you can actually imagine working while you're reading it. And it does work! My husband and I understand each other much better now.
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Summary: It makes so much sense!!!
Review: This is such common sense stuff and it really works. It can be applied to marriages, children, other family members, etc. It's an easy-read and totally makes sense, to learn to speak the same language as your spouse prefers!! Wow!
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Summary: It actually works...
Review: I can't stress how effective the simple concept explained in this book has been in making my relationship with the love of my life finally work. We both loved each other so much, but neither of us felt it. This book was like a light-bulb going on. A slight adjustment in behavior in both of us and we're on Cloud Nine. Things do not have to be complicated to just plain work. The only downside to this book is the occasional drift into Christian evangelism. Fortunately, this can be safely ignored if you don't care for the Godisms and bible references mixed in. The psychological premise stands on its own merits but the author has been bitten by the Christian-bug and can't help himself. Finally, something that works.
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Summary: The absolute BEST book for married couples
Review: This one book has done more to better my marriage than any other book I've ever read. We've been married 17 1/2 years and I still refer back to this book many times. I highly recommend it to anyone in a troubled marriage, getting married, or just wanting to help a good marriage grow stronger.
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