This book caught me by surprise on how practical and revolutionary it really is. At first I thought it would be just generic relationship advice for singles like Chicken Soup series. But was pleasantly surprised by how it actually shows practical ways in which you can build stronger relationships with people in all parts of your life (i.e family, friends, co-workers, etc). The 5 love languages are; acts of service, words of affirmation, gifts, quality time and physical touch.

One key takeaway was that everyone has their unique way of expressing and accepting love. Often times we express our love to people in a way that we like to receive love but this may not be reciprocated, leading to hurt and misunderstandings. Learning the five languages of love and understanding people's "love languages", can help create stronger bonds and add depth to relationships.

This book is, essentially, the same as the original The Five Love Languages. Some of the examples are more fitting for unmarried folk and the illustrations also deal with different singles or dating couples he has come across throughout the years. Different chapters deal with how to love friends, roommates, coworkers, family members, siblings, and other relationships outside of romantic ones. Those chapters are mainly what distinguish this book from it's predecessor.

The main issue I had with the content of this book was how much of it dealt with dating couples. While this isn't a bad thing, I had thought with the title of "Singles Edition," this book would have been more for those who are not currently involved in a romantic relationship. A personal dislike I had with this book was Chapman's casual view of dating/romantic relationships. He seemed to promote the popular idea that dating someone doesn't mean you might want to marry him/her or are committed to him/her in any way. In fact, it is simply what you do get to know someone better--forget friendship! As a psychiatrist, I would have thought he'd have witnessed enough to know this method of dating to not necessarily be the best for mental health reasons. Did he choose to write to the culture rather than promote a different relationship style? Perhaps. But, it is rather inconsistent to write a book suggesting ways to make relationships long-lasting and more cohesive to a target audience of casual daters.

„Pentru a avea o contribuție sinceră, e necesar să spui adevărul cu dragoste. Nu ne ajutăm unii pe alții dacă ne evităm reciproc vulnerabilitățile”.

Not a fan of this version. He assumes that most "singles" are unmarried b/c of relationship problems with their parents and that the only truly fulfilling life is with a spouse. Also, he's a bit heavy-handed with his Christianity-based examples. The premise of this theory seems sound, but the unnecessary scripture quoting and the judgmental marriage-as-default perspective is a turn-off. Not to mention he reuses several paragraphs in each chapter from his earlier book. Womp womp.

This is a good book. It talks about the different ways everyone express love. According to this book there are 5 major ways love is expressed. Some use encouraging words, some use physical touch like hugs and so on. Every type of love language is wanted except everyone has a preferred way of giving and receiving love. One persons hug is equal to another persons encouraging word.

this book made me start to really think more intentionally about caring for, maintaining and keeping the friendships and relationships in my life. good for everyone. I wish they had a 'quiz' in the book though they have one on the website...

This author has written at least 6 books on this topic. Everyone apparently responds more to one "love language" than the others. The five languages of love are Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Receiving Gifts, Acts of Service, and Physical Touch. Once you know a person's preferred language you can use that language to better express love or friendship towards that person. This theory can be applied to significant others, parents, kids, other relatives, friends, co-workers,.... In the back of this particular book he has a list of 30 questions and you pick the sentence choice which best describes you. For example, for question 30 you pick the statement which is closer to your preferences: "I need to be touched every day" or "I need words of affirmation daily." Per this quiz my primary love language is Quality Time and that's definitely true, I REALLY appreciate family and friends spending time with me. We don't have to do much, could be just sitting around gabbing or swilling tea while reading, but it means a lot to me. My second language is apparently Words of Affirmation. As a means of finding someone's love language he suggests thinking about a person and how they tend to express love or light up in response to a certain action towards them. I've been trying to think about my parents and am drawing a blank but maybe I can reccomend his book "The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to YOur Mate" to them and see if they'll let me know.

Applicable to anyone capable of loving.

Okay, this book is awesome. I've known about the love languages for years, but never read any of the books. This book was helpful I'm understanding them on a deeper level.
A few things that I especially liked:
-The author is religious and shares how his beliefs connect to the different love languages. I didn't feel like it was pushy or overwhelming at all. But as a Christian, I loved his insight. It really helped me to connect the concepts on a deeper level.
-I loved that the author discussed abusive relationships. It's definitely something that needs to be addressed. And I feel like he addressed it in a very respectful and constructive way.
-I loved the questions that were presented for the reader. (Warning: If you're anything like me, this may bring up some difficult memories for you and leave you feeling a little bit crazy. But, I mean, it was good. It helped me realize that there things that need to be addressed.)

I would recommend this book. I think I'll probably read this again sometime soon.

This book was very insightful and helpful for me as a single woman trying to understand how to more deeply feel and express love for people in my life and ultimately to move a relationship to marriage. I found it inspiring and remarkable. I wish I would have read this years ago!

I just finished listening to "The Five Love Languages, Singles Edition" by Gary Chapman, and I highly recommend it. I'm not usually an audiobook person, but I think this book is probably better in audio. It has a lot of practical, everyday information for improving all relationships (parental, siblings, co-workers, friends), not just romantic relationships. There are definitely religious undertones, but they're not overpowering.

I think everyone should read this. It's not just for intimate relationships. Family,friends, coworkers Relationships are included.