I’m pretty sure there are only 5 love languages. But if there are more I’m unaware of please let me know. I’ve listed mine below from most important to least.

1 physical touch 2 quality time 3 words of affirmation 4 acts of service 5 gift giving

  • velma@sh.itjust.works
    22·
    11 hours ago

    The original 5 love languages schtick was created by a Christian pastor, with no background in psychiatry or psychology, in order to pressure wives to give their husbands sex because the husbands love language was physical touch.

    • cRazi_man@europe.pub
      8·
      6 hours ago

      Oh dang, I thought this was social media lingo like “trauma dumping”. The guy wrote a book and the wikipedia entry brutally points out right in the introduction that there’s no evidence for any of this.

      “The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate is a 1992 nonfiction book by Baptist pastor Gary Chapman. It outlines five general ways that romantic partners express and experience love, which Chapman calls “love languages”. Empirical evidence does not strongly support its core claims.”

  • Reyali@lemmy.world
    6·
    11 hours ago

    Those are the five socialized by a particular author, but I’m certain it’s not all-inclusive.

    However, I have found over time mine changed a bit based on what I felt I was missing. At this point, for receiving words of affirmation are first, quality time is probably second, and physical touch is also up there (not sex, just touch).

    For expressing love, I found I default to gift giving and touch.

  • mystic-macaroni@lemmy.ml
    3·
    10 hours ago

    I’m huge on giving acts of service and gift giving and on receiving physical touch and words of affirmation. Quality time alone is equally as important as quality time together.