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Summary: A MUST READ IF YOU WANT TO KNOW YOUR INTIMATE SELF & PARTNER
Review: My Fiance now back to b/f are finding out our Love language. Our arguements are so ugly we don't see the light at the end of the tunnel which we should supposedly be engaged. For the last 7 mos I was trying to convey to him what my needs were to feel loved, but I only brought nagging and making him feel he's not loving. How could I express to him without him feeling attacked? I picked this book up thinking I'll just thumb through it, I could not put it down. It nailed us to a tee! I read from cover to cover and encourage my b/f to read it. He told me his love language is words of affirmation / acts of service. I feel Receiving Gifts / Quality time is mine. Knowing this helps us to understand, grow and to love. One day at a time.
There are many books about relationships but I believe this book is pure simplicity.
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Summary: This book works! Get the videotape too!
Review: My wife and I teach a small class in church geared toward young married couples. We used this book in our class and it saved the marriage of one of the couples. They were on the verge of separating and now they are stronger than they've ever been. We've shared Gary Chapman's Five Love Language principles with other friends and it has worked wonders on their marriages as well. Our friend is a social worker and he has used this book to improve failing marriages. It works!The Five Love Languages videotape is also great and is recommended as well - Gary Chapman is very funny and a very good speaker. This book is a MUST READ for all couples, even for those whose marriages are stable - it will strenghten and enhance solid marriages. HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! For couples with children I would also recommend Chapman's Five Love Languanges for Children and Five Love Languanges for Teenagers.
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Summary: About time!
Review: My wife and I rarely agree on anything. Well, at least BEFORE we read this book together. So now we agree on three books that we couldn't do without, and they're all three at totally different ends of the earth: Louise Hay's YOU CAN HEAL YOUR LIFE for personal self-help, McCrae's BARK OF THE DOGWOOD for good-time fiction reading, and THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES for saving a marriage. With the Hay book we found ways of using positive affirmation and dealing with illness. It truly changed our lives and we're better off emotionally, financially, and spiritually for reading it. McCrae's BARK OF THE DOGWOOD was intense, dark, funny, and VERY well written. We now own two copies! But above all, we credit Gary Chapman and his FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES for saving our marriage (and sanity). Of all of these listed, THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES is by far the most important for it has held us together and now we're able to share more books, movies, and everyday living. A Big "Thank you" to Mr. Chapman for this contribution to mankind.
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Summary: Psycho-babble Free Zone
Review: I whole heartedly recommend this book to anyone who is trying to maintain, improve, or save a marriage or relationship. The book is clearly and straightforwardly written in English. It gets to the point without endless or tiring psycho-babble. Mr. Chapman uses realistic and detailed examples to illustrate his points. The reason relationships thrive or fail according to the author is that the people speak and hear in five different love languages. These languages are quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. Simply, people are able to love if they are speaking the love language heard by their partner. Learning to understand and speak your partner's love language is simple and Mr. Chapman helps gets you their. Get this book - you will not regret it.
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Summary: Everything just CLICKED
Review: Someone recommended this book and I bought it. I'm really glad that I did. After reading this book, so many things just made sense. I get sad when I don't get time spend with me. My main love language is quality time. I know that know and I can be specific in making requests for what I want and what makes me feel loved. I like how the book has a religious base, but it isn't 'preachy'. It was also easy to understand. There are examples that clearly illustrate anything that may not make sense in the text. Share this book!
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Summary: The Most Important Book of TODAY!
Review: When we read that the family is the core of our society; how the family goes so will society; the death of a civilazation is the result of the family; we are now staring at a critical subject. The pressing point is that over 40% of today's marriage end in divorce. That is what makes this book so important. The author states that a relationship can last 2 years before one the party gets bored and falls out of love. He emphasizes that love must be the result of will and not emotions or there could be a disaster around the corner. He shows how divorce and looking for another spouse is not the answer when 40% divorce their first time; 60% divorce their second marriage and 75% divorce their third marriage. The numbers alone should encourage people to find a way to save the marriage the stats are against you when it comes to divorcing. I have had the privilege of seeing countless of marriages being saved and restored as a result of my wife and I giving this book to those that were ready to give up on the marriages. This is a real book, with real results and with an easy read.
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Summary: Saved my marriage
Review: This book is absolutely incredible. Having serious marital problems, I was desperate for any kind of help. I was about to turn to counseling when I heard about this book. I decided to buy it so that my husband and I could read it together. Not expecting too much, one lazy morning I suggested to my husband that we lay in bed and begin reading this book out loud to eachother. We read 120 pages that morning! We could not put it down! Both of us shed a lot of tears that morning, this book really hit home. That morning when we woke up, everything seemed hopeless for us. After reading this book, we had hope that our problems can be resolved. Our attitude toward eachother has greatly changed since we read this book. Basically this book explains that people feel loved in different ways. For example, my love language is "quality time" and my husband's love language is "personal touch." Without quality time with my husband, I feel unloved... my husband feels unloved when we have a lack of physical contact. Our love languages are so different... before reading this book, I just thought that my husband wanted more sex for selfish reasons. When in reality, personal contact is what he needs to feel loved. Before reading this book, my husband hated when I nagged about spending time together.. but now he realizes that spending time with me is the best way to tell me that he loves me. Dr. Chapman says in this book that LOVE IS A CHOICE. Find your partner's love language style, then choose to show love to your partner in that way (it's not about what YOU need to feel loved, it's about what YOUR PARTNER needs). I thought that spending quality time with my spouse was the way I can show him I love him. In reality, that's MY love language, not HIS. Even if your partner does not want to read this book with you, there are ways you can begin to repair your marriage on your own, and before you know it, your partner will begin to reciprocate. This book is INCREDIBLE. I plan to pass it around my friends and family. Please invest the $12 and read this book, your marriage will never be the same again!
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Summary: A MUST READ!
Review: This book is great. The title does not do it justice. It is a very sound book and the principles can work miracles in your marriage if you apply them. We read the book out loud together and learned so much about each others needs that we did not know, even after almost 30 yrs. of marriage. Would have been great to read it when we were young, but better late than never!
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Summary: good at any point in a relationship or if you're single
Review: I think is an excellent book for explaining the basics of why we feel loved (or unloved) in relationships. It really helps you see how to give to your mate what THEY need to feel loved. Doing simple things can really make the other person happy, and you feel good knowing you can know how to satisfy your mate. I recommended this to my girlfriends. It's a good book to read so that when you do have a relationship you can get off to a good, healthy start.
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Summary: now you're speaking my language...
Review: Would you like to become a better communicator of love to your spouse? Would you like to reap the rewards of having a spouse whose "love tank" is full, and keeps yours full as well? Love is a choice, not an emotion. Gary Chapman explains that after the "falling in love" stage of a relationship, which can last up to two years, we settle back in to reality. The rose colored glasses are removed and we begin to see our spouse for the person they really are, warts and all. When the sparks begin to fizzle, Hollywood tells us that it is time to move on to another relationship. Chapman, on the other hand, reveals that we now have the opportunity to solidify and deepen the relationship through learning how to effectively communicate our love for our spouse. He introduces us to the five love languages: quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service and physical touch. Each of us express our love using these different languages and their dialects. If our language is different from that of our spouse, our expressions of love may not be understood and appreciated. This book helps us identify and use the love languages that are meaningful to ourselves and our spouse. Chapman uses real-life examples to illustrate each language, with a dash of biblical passages to support his material. The love languages are simple, and they work -- not only between husband and wife, but with children as well. My wife and I are polar opposites in love languages. By learning to express our love in ways that are more meaningful to each other, our honeymoon is thirteen years strong. Get this book, read it, share it, apply it, and your "love tanks" will never be empty again. Larry Hehn, Author of Get the Prize: Nine Keys for a Life of Victory
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