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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
by Gary Chapman
2.5
The concept of love languages and how people have different ways of expressing love is very accessible and easy to understand, and I can definitely see these concepts helping marriages and people. As I was listening to the audiobook, I found many of the problems the couples the author described familiar to me and could see ways of improving communication. Many of the suggestions on how to be a better partner and "speak" your significant other's love language were great and I'm sure have helped many couples. However, I have some serious reservations about this book.
I can't remember the last time I read a book that was so overtly sexist. Every husband used as a story in this book described a good wife as being one who took care of the children, had dinner ready when he got home, and kept the house clean. Near the end of the book, an example was used of a couple in which the husband was verbally abusive and had been for many years. The author and counselor of the woman told her she could love someone she hated, and suggested that she become a better wife to her husband. The two are now apparently in a happy marriage again. I just found it incredible that the advice given to a woman who was being verbally abused was that she wasn't a good enough wife.
I think the main message of the 5 love languages is great, but I could have done without all of the stories that the author shares (which all begin to sound the same after a few), and the antiquated way of thinking about marriage and women.
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The concept of love languages and how people have different ways of expressing love is very accessible and easy to understand, and I can definitely see these concepts helping marriages and people. As I was listening to the audiobook, I found many of the problems the couples the author described familiar to me and could see ways of improving communication. Many of the suggestions on how to be a better partner and "speak" your significant other's love language were great and I'm sure have helped many couples. However, I have some serious reservations about this book.
I can't remember the last time I read a book that was so overtly sexist. Every husband used as a story in this book described a good wife as being one who took care of the children, had dinner ready when he got home, and kept the house clean. Near the end of the book, an example was used of a couple in which the husband was verbally abusive and had been for many years. The author and counselor of the woman told her she could love someone she hated, and suggested that she become a better wife to her husband. The two are now apparently in a happy marriage again. I just found it incredible that the advice given to a woman who was being verbally abused was that she wasn't a good enough wife.
I think the main message of the 5 love languages is great, but I could have done without all of the stories that the author shares (which all begin to sound the same after a few), and the antiquated way of thinking about marriage and women.
For more of my babblings, please visit my blog, Snug Shelf