The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman: Summary and Notes

Change how you look at all your relationships

Dan Silvestre
7 min readMay 25, 2021

“People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest emotional need.”

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Related: 5 Love Languages of Children, Models, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, The Game

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The Five Love Languages Short Summary

The Five Love Languages details the secret to better relationships. Everyone wants to be loved in a different way and learning how to meet those needs is key. A guide for all forms of relationships — for couples, for children, for friends, and for coworkers.

How To Communicate Love

Communication problems grow when you overlooked one fundamental truth: People speak different love languages.

“No matter how hard you try to express love in English, if your spouse understands only Chinese, you will never understand how to love each other.”

To be an effective communicator of love, you must learn your spouse’s primary love language and speak it.

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