Ok so here is the thing! Gary Chapman has an amazing concept with much info on loving one another. I bought this books after reading his original thinking it would have more male tailored advice....I was wrong. This book is literally just a copy on his original with about 20 pgs in it tht outline ideas for how men can do things for their wives!! The other like 170 pgs are EXACTLY WORD FOR WORD the same as his original. So learn from my mistake, if you have read the original don't waste the money on this copy. If you haven't read his book, and are a man, buy this copy because you ll get the original plus some! Enjoy

This should be in every man’s bookshelf as a read book with plans to read again. I put this book in our car and read it to my husband every time we went anywhere that took more than 15 minutes of driving time. We have a strong marriage and we still grew and learned so much about each other as we read and discussed this book together.
I strongly recommend this book or the original five love languages book.

I know what you're thinking... "Meg, are you, in fact... a MAN???" Nope. My brother-in-law just handed me a copy of his book (the "Men's Edition") a few weeks ago and told me to read it, that it would probably improve my marriage and understanding of my husband. And it did! It's a great book, and Chapman’s a genius. My main issue with it was redundancy. There doesn't need to be a whole book about this theory (much less several), the following paragraph would suffice:

There are five major ways that people prefer to be loved: QUALITY TIME (going on a walk, having a meaningful conversation, enjoying an activity together, etc.), WORDS OF AFFIRMATION (vocally expressing an interest in them and their opinions, asking advice, giving compliments, etc.), RECEIVING GIFTS (bringing home flowers, picking up a little something "just because you were thinking of him/her," homemade presents and cards, etc.), ACTS OF SERVICE (washing the dishes or doing laundry for them, helping them with a project, going grocery shopping so they don't have to, etc.), and PHYSICAL TOUCH (holding hands, giving massages, play fighting, sex... but not JUST sex... everybody loves sex. Well, let me rephrase that, everyone WHO REGULARLY HAS AN ORGASM loves sex... but Chapman didn't say that, it's just my opinion--disregard it as part of this review). So there they are, the five love languages. Figure out which one is your partner's (hint: it'll be the one he or she is always nagging that you "never do"), then go out of your way to show love the way they WANT to be loved, not the way you want to love them.

There it is, in a nutshell. It's an amazing theory that I think is mostly true and will work wonders in relationships. The book itself tends to make its point OVER AND OVER again... but now that you've read my paragraph, you won't need to invest the time!

You're welcome.

I hope Chapman doesn't sue me.

By turns vague to the point of uselessness or blatantly self-contradictory, the descriptions of the "five love languages" that constitutes the first half of the book overshadows whatever mildly useful material comprises the second half.

Outstanding

Material provided, help me to share insights of my marriage. Especially with providing

We forget the ‘love languages’ of our spouse and assume that things have started to get cold between the two. What we have forgotten is how we communicate with each other. To be specific, how we communicate such that our spouse feels loved. This books helps us to identify the ‘love language’ and speak that language so that there is no miscommunication/lack of communication.

I HAVE GIVEN HIS BOOKS AWAY AND HAVE PREACHED THE THEMES TO MANY PEOPLE AND TRIED TO APPLY IT EVEN IN MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE. GOOD TO GO BACK THROUGH AND READ THE LOVE LANGUAGES AS IT IS GEARED FROM THE MAN'S POINT OF VIEW PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO MARRIAGE. HE GIVES LOTS OF EXAMPLES OF HOW THE CONCEPTS HAVE WORKED IN MARRIED COUPLE'S LIVES OVER THE YEARS. JUST ABOUT EVERYTIME I BRING UP THE SUBJECT IT IS A NEW CONCEPT TO PEOPLE. I NEED TO KEEP SHARING THE MESSAGE.

Listened to this on Libby and although it’s written for men, it provided some good insight for women as well. It helped me understand how to encourage the men in my life to speak my love language. 10/10 will be recommending this to my dad, brother, and boyfriend.

If you are married and or a father this is something you NEED to read! I lived it!

I recommend

Well, it was a good book, a lot of good tips to have a happy relationship. But I felt like if it was too shallow, it didn't really touch very sensitive topics. Not that it isn't of any help, maybe he just talks about other things in other books. Maybe it's just me. I expected a deeper dive into the love languages.
I recommend it, it's an interesting read though.

This should replace Algebra in every middle school curriculum in the world. How to appropriately show love to the people you care about might be the single most important concept a human can understand and yet it wasn't until I read this book that I was able to get my head around gifting, touch, and affirmation.

Thank you Gary Chapman. I am going to be thinking of the 5 love languages from now until I die (hopefully) surrounded by people I love and that know that I love them.