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- Page 8 and 9: CONTENTSAcknowledgments1. What Happ
- Page 10 and 11: ACKNOWLEDGMENTSLove begins, or shou
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- Page 52 and 53: Love Language #1WORDS OF AFFIRMATIO
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- Page 56 and 57: ENCOURAGING WORDSGiving verbal comp
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house, the recreational vehicle, an
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with a good breakfast.She cooks din
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affirmation was no less important i
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You might be surprised how well (or
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couple? Dating couples look at each
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told me of his dreams for the futur
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walk ahead of her.)“Those are the
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to his wife is not giving her quali
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I repeated my original question,
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a relationship, not a project to be
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you straight. It is to understand y
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my supervisor told me that the proj
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They have a large reservoir where t
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In addition to the basic love langu
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other is willing to do it, (3) both
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would enjoy doing with you. Make pl
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comes up or something else happens.
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Love Language #3RECEIVING GIFTSI wa
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of the Caribbean waves, but it is n
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If your spouse’s primary love lan
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If you are a spender, you will have
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and sisters came to the house with
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“The supervisor replied, ‘If yo
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after we got married and simply too
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enjoying every minute of it. After
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Gifts need not be expensive, nor mu
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6. “Help! I’m confused!” If y
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garage, mowing the grass, trimming
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“Two years,” he responded. “A
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and he was working.”“During you
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when you were dating?”He responde
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things which, if he chose to do the
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“Oh,” he said, “my father mow
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three other observations. First, th
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fear, guilt, and resentment.Due to
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to meeting the emotional needs of y
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If your spouse’s love language is
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would like for you to do, such as t
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Love Language #5PHYSICAL TOUCHWe ha
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wellspring of positive comments to
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Don’t insist on touching her in y
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distance yourself from me emotional
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thousands each year. Disease is no
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running down the hallway, turned on
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agreed that whoever washed the dish
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the next week she made an appointme
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didn’t cross my mind. I was prepa
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If your spouse’s love language is
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car turns into the driveway, stop y
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DISCOVERING YOUR PRIMARY LOVE LANGU
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as often as you desire, but she was
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physical technique but everything t
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have asked him if we could go on a
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Using those three approaches will p
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‘On a scale of zero to ten, how
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Brent was in my office, stone-faced
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love outside the marriage. Fortunat
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give our creative energies to many
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always come down from the high to t
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unadulterated love, and I get credi
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someone loves me, I must have signi
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hear my friends talking about the a
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There was almost nothing left for h
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fifteen minutes every night and loo
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LOVING THE UNLOVELYIt was a beautif
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problems.” In his mind he was rig
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“With two of my closest friends,
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need could be met and positive feel
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you can channel your energies in th
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me know what you think, but I would
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she had lots of questions.“But, D
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together.’ That’s too vague. Ho
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been thinking about your marriage a
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CHILDREN AND LOVE LANGUAGESDoes the
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she is often telling you how good y
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communication, parents are saying,
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remember much of what their parents
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“Acts of Service” for them. If
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walks amid the quaint surroundings
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relationship. We come with differen
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when children can grow up in homes
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The Five Love LanguagesPROFILE FOR
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available on page 199. Discuss your
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INTERPRETING AND USING YOUR PROFILE