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Summary: Showing love and being heard!
Review: Gary Chapman has written a very important work - important for everyone who wants to have a healthy relationship with his or her spouse. His premise is simple: There are five major ways in which people receive (or feel) loved. Thus, they are The Five Love Languages. Everyone has a love langauage through which they feel loved and everyone can become fluent in each of the five to ensure that their spouse too feels loved too. When I finished reading this book, I thought that the information it contained should have been common sense. However, common sense is not so common these days. Applying this book to ones marriage is not rocket science. The one barrier we all face is that we tend to try to show love in the way we receive it, which is not always how our spouse receives it. It takes some work, but anyone can do it. The Five Love Languages are: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. Chapman based these ideas on many years of marriage counseling. He also examined how love is expressed in various cultures. Looking at the big picture of human relationships, he derived The Five Love Languages. In my opinion, every marriage can benefit from the information contained in this slim book. My wife and I read it together before we got married so that we could start strong. The prinicples in this book have helped us to understand each other and focus on each other to ensure we are sending message of love that the other will clearly understand. Give it a try - I'm certain your spouse will be glad you did.
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Summary: I've Read Better
Review: In my quest to find out what keeps happening in my relationships, this book was recommended to me by a friend. I did not find it very helpful. I find Chapman's view of there only being one or two areas that we need to have fulfilled in our life to make a good relationship rather simplistic. While I do agree that some of the things are more important to me than others I have found other books to be far more helpful such as Are You The One For Me? And You Just Don't Understand Me. To me a relationship is a complex thing and it takes two parties working at it full-time in all areas not in just one or two and sometimes the issues are much larger and more complex than the five simple ones presented in this book.
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Summary: This book RUINED my love life.
Review: I'll make this short and sweet. Before I read this travesty, I was generally pretty happy with my love life. I had had several good relationships with women, but then I read this and followed it's advice, and I have barely talked to a woman since. Avoid this like AIDS.
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Summary: Becoming Close to Your Mate
Review: This book far exceeds John Gray's Mars and Venus series on many levels. Each part of a relationship really is brought into five language choices. Regardless if your "love language" is "spoken" by Acts of Service, Words of Affirmation, Physical Touch, Gifts, or Quality Time, this book will explain how to express them and how to "speak" to your mate via their love language. The information within the book can be used on many relationship levels - spouse, friends, and even co-workers. Even if you think "a love language for my co-workers?" this book will show you how to speak to them. Some of your co-workers need you to speak their language in order to be understood. This book puts you one step ahead of the game for work as well as your personal life. Half the fun for couples is finding out what language your spouse speaks. After determining the language, an entirely new realm opens for you to explore the possibilities. Couples should read this book to really understand how to speak to their mate. Leaders should read this book to understand how to speak to their subordinates. Single people should read this book to understand the other person in their relationships. "The Five Love Languages" is worth its weight in gold and has improved many relationships of people that I see on a regular basis.
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Summary: You have to get this book!
Review: I filed for divorce from my husband of 17 years this past June. I wasn't open to thinking about reconciliation. A good friend of mine insisted that I read the book just to figure out my own style. So one night, I sat down and read it..and I had my ex-husband read it... We are now working together and communicating like we never did before..it has lead us into counseling..and we both have hopes that we can come back together again, even better than before. If we can't, then at least we can communicate with each other without hostility.
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Summary: I really enjoyed this book
Review: I think if two people are open and willing to try the suggestions of this book anything is possible
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Summary: When saying "I love you" isn't enough...
Review: My wife's love language is physical touch. I can tell her "I love you" a thousand times and not have the impact of simply holding her hand, snuggling together on the couch, touching her face or brushing her hair. Finally, I found how to "speak" to her in a language we both understand. This book has made our relationship stronger and saved both of us the frustration of "speaking" in a foreign love language.
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Summary: Unbiblical!
Review: Is this supposed to be a "Christian" book? The bible clearly defines marriage roles: Christ is the head of the husband, the husband is the head of the wife, and the wife is to submit to her husband. If every couple did this, there would be no divorce. It doesn't matter which love language you speak, if you are in rebellion to the Lord and refuse to take the role you were created to fulfill, you will not have a happy marriage. This is a scary book that will put band aids on a lot of miserable situations. If you want to know how to fix your marriage, read the book of Ephesians. Stop being so emotional and take some responsibility for yourself!
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Summary: Reader friendly and insightful
Review: This book was well written and easy to read. The material was insightful and applicable to real life, whether you are married or not. Chapman doesn't pretend to have easy answers and doesn't get bogged down in his examples. His theory is easy to understand and can be used to improve any relationship. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to strengthen a relationship before, during, or after rough spots! It is a quick read that can radically improve your state of mind and bless your significant other!
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Summary: Wow.
Review: Someone gave us this book as a wedding gift, and it is amazing! I have since given to almost every couple I have known who has gotten married. It looks at the different ways that people express and perceive love (and in a non-gender focused way, which I really appreciated, since I do not often fit gender stereotypes). It basically traces the roots of almost every relationship problem to miscommunicated love. This book has already blessed and enriched (and oftentimes even saved) my marriage many times over. I think that everyone who is married (no matter how long) or is thinking about getting married should read this book with their partner.
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