Just finished reading the book: The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. Has to be one of the most eye opening book on relationships that I've read. The version that I read was on married couples but I think it applies to even everyday relationships. I highly recommend this book for those of you in relationships.
I learned so much from it and even reflecting on my relationship with michelle, I can see how i wasn't learning to speak her love language. I can see how our arguments become never ending circles that just keep going on and on. The resurfacing of past arguments, the frustrations that come with it, and also the inability to do anything about it. A lot of times, I tell myself that I'm loving michelle in what i'm doing for her (my love language is acts of service), but to her it might not seem like love. To her its probably spending quality time with each other or one of the other ones (she didn't read the book yet, but she will ;) ) The most important thing I learned is to really discover one another's love language and to develop it and use so that we can speak to each other. I guess this is another way for communicating :)
Anyways pick up a copy of the book and read it, its an easy read and it even made me think about my relationships with my family. have fun with it.
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ReplyDeleteHaha... I read this post, and it felt like it was stolen from my life about two years ago. The book is excellent, and we learned a lot about each other from it.
ReplyDeleteYou two are so excellent and such nice people. Kudos for learning so much about each other so early on!
All the best
Steve (jamie's husband)