The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman
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Book Reviews of The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
Book Review: Everyone needs to LEARN how to love
Summary: 5 Stars
For those who are clueless, ,which includes just about everyone, this book does show that our differences need not thwart our caring for one another. It is carefully researched and presented, and it is helpful if one pays attention!!Book Review: Worth the read
Summary: 5 Stars
Worth doing the full read & then understanding the score that your spouse ends up with.Book Review: A Must For Every Marriage
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband and I read this book with several other couples during a marriage enrichment class. It helped us tremendously and we didn't even think we had any communication issues! I have recommended this book to dozens of people, and they all say what a positive impact it has on their relationships. It's definitely a must read for anyone interested in learning how to truly communicate with and express the right "love language" to their spouse. Book Review: mixed blessing/torture
Summary: 4 Stars
I was introduced to this book by a woman I was dating. Had I know how successful the book would have eventually been for her I would have left at that moment. She was going through a divorce, and now believes this book saved her marriage.
Either way, I finished reading the book as a single man. It did teach me a great number of things that were helpful to me. Granted a number of things in the book are semi common-sense, but it offered a different take on many every day things most people overlook these days.
The things I learned I have applied in everyday life. The few successful relationships I've had since reading this book have been absolutely amazing. The vast majority of relationships I've had since reading this book have however have ended in disaster. Most women I have dated or even had a connection with have, for the most part, shown displeasure or, in a few cases, disgust at my knowledge of my emotions and "love languages".
I do believe that one day the things I have learned may make a marriage great for me. But, for now, as a twenty-something single man it's just wreaking havoc on my love life.
I would recommend, and do, the book to anyone who is married or in a long-term commited relationship. To those of you like me however, that just aren't at the point in life where settling down is a top priority, I'd advise avoiding this book entirely.
Book Review: The idiots Guide To: Not offending women
Summary: 3 Stars
My husband and I both read this book in attempts to possibly understand each other better and to have a more "fairy-tale like" relationship. My hope was to read the mens edition and have it make more sense than the emotional ramblings of womens self-help books.
This wasn't any better, the emotional concepts were just written out differently and in lengthy detail as if feelings were a foreign concept to men and that all women rely on emotions as their sole means of communication. It was almost like reading an idiots guide to not being offensive to women. Not every woman is the same, and not all men are the same. There are more than 5 types of people, so five general love languages probably helps some of that group but not all.
The concept of a "love language" is nice but at the end of the day its not really that strange of a concept to imagine your mate probably has specific desires and needs that should be met. This book might be helpful if you luck out and your partner just happens to be among the 5 listed or even a combination of them.