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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
informative
slow-paced
While Gary gets super preachy, this is not based on research, and relationship dynamics are not this easy to unravel, Gary's ideas have merit. People express affection in different ways but we all grow up assuming that our experience is universal. This is by no means a substitute for couples counseling. However, your relationship doesn't have to be suffering in order to benefit from what is within this book.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Quick read with a plethora of "good to knows". Recommend this if you are trying to strengthen relationships with others.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Il libro offre una prospettiva interessante sulle dinamiche relazionali, ma rischia di essere troppo schematico e riduttivo. La narrazione è piatta e alcune idee potrebbero risultare troppo semplificate per affrontare la complessità delle relazioni umane. In definitiva, il libro può essere utile per chi cerca consigli pratici, ma non offre una visione completa o approfondita delle dinamiche amorose.
If you're ever looking for or wondering about the mathematical equation that determines what books I read or don't read, good luck! There's no rhyme or reason to what books I even pick up. The really roundabout way I took to get to this book- I got a free audiobook coupon from google, so I'm browsing their most downloaded books and this pops up and I remember shelving this tiny book a million times at Dublin. I'm not about to waste my free audiobook coupon on this book though, so I go to youtube and see if it's there. It is, so that's how I listened to this. Thanks youtube?
I was talking to John about the ideas in this book and he was like, that sounds like a horoscope.
100% right. That's why I married that guy. I still have no idea wtf John's love language is- all of them? Who wouldn't like all of this shit?
Anyways, I'm easily listening to this book and silently gagging every time the author mentions "filling up your love tank." It's pretty much what I expected and then BAM! This book gets fucking weird! The last chapter is totally insane and about a woman who fucking HATES her husband. The guy sounds like a total asshole ("I'm not going to therapy because there's nothing wrong with me, you can keep going because you're the broken one." Okay Douchetron 3000.) So the author suggests a Jesus sermon about loving your enemies and is basically like, look your husband wants sex, so just give him some sex and then tell him he's really good at it. She's like, but I can't stand the fucking guy, he's awful. The author is like, while you're laying there just think about Jesus.
WUT.
WHAT. IN THE ACTUAL. FUCK.
So yeah, she thinks about Jesus and her relationship is SAVED.
I was talking to John about the ideas in this book and he was like, that sounds like a horoscope.
100% right. That's why I married that guy. I still have no idea wtf John's love language is- all of them? Who wouldn't like all of this shit?
Anyways, I'm easily listening to this book and silently gagging every time the author mentions "filling up your love tank." It's pretty much what I expected and then BAM! This book gets fucking weird! The last chapter is totally insane and about a woman who fucking HATES her husband. The guy sounds like a total asshole ("I'm not going to therapy because there's nothing wrong with me, you can keep going because you're the broken one." Okay Douchetron 3000.) So the author suggests a Jesus sermon about loving your enemies and is basically like, look your husband wants sex, so just give him some sex and then tell him he's really good at it. She's like, but I can't stand the fucking guy, he's awful. The author is like, while you're laying there just think about Jesus.
WUT.
WHAT. IN THE ACTUAL. FUCK.
So yeah, she thinks about Jesus and her relationship is SAVED.
I should’ve read this years ago, super good to be aware and know how I receive love and how my partner receives loves.
I like the central thesis of this book, but man is there a lot of b.s. heteronormativity, Jesus-talk, and gender roles so outdated, abusive, and severe, that he recommends wives should have sex with their husbands even if the wives do not want to. Take what’s useful and run!
A little heteronormative for my taste, but the concepts of the love tank and speaking someone else's language whether or not it comes "naturally" is a tool of self-awareness that can be beneficial to everyone and anyone.
Full of questions and exercises that put love languages in context. Might read again, one day.
Full of questions and exercises that put love languages in context. Might read again, one day.