Interpreting Your Profile Score
The highest score indicates your primary love
language (the highest score is 12). It’s not uncommon to have two high
scores, although one language does have a slight edge for most people.
That just means two languages are important to you.
The lower scores indicate those languages you seldom use to
communicate love and which probably don’t affect you very much on an
emotional level. Learn more about your primary love language and how to
put it to use next to the corresponding badge below.
Not what you expected? If the results don’t seem right,
discover some other ways to determine your primary love language.
If the results don’t seem right, here are three other approaches to discovering your love language:
- First, observe how you most often express love to others. If
you are regularly doing acts of service for others, this may be your
love language. If you are consistently, verbally affirming people, then
Words of Affirmation is likely your love language.
- What do you complain about most often? When a loved
one says Happy Birthday and you respond, “You didn't get me anything?!”
you are indicating that Receiving Gifts is your language. The
statement, “We don’t ever spend time together,” indicates the love
language of Quality Time. Your complaints reveal your inner desires. (If
you have difficulty remembering what you complain about most often, I
suggest that you ask a friend or family member. Chances are they will
know.)
- What do you request of others most often? If you
are saying “Did I do a good job?” you are asking for Words of
Affirmation. “Do you think we could hangout this weekend?” is a request
for Quality Time. “Would it be possible for you to mow the grass this
afternoon?” expresses your desire for Acts of Service.
Important to Remember:
You may have scored certain ones of the love
languages more highly than others, but do not dismiss those other
languages as insignificant. Your friends and loved ones may express love
in those ways, and it will be beneficial for you to understand this
about them.
In the same way, it will benefit your friends and loved ones to know
your love language and express his affection for you in ways that you
interpret as love. Every time you or they speak one another’s language,
you score emotional points with one another. Of course, this isn’t a
game with a scorecard! The payoff of speaking each other’s love language
is more of a feeling of “this person understands me and cares for me.”
This translates into better communication, increased understanding, and,
ultimately, improved relationship.
If you have not already done so, encourage your friends and loved
ones to take The Love Languages Profile. Discuss your respective love
languages, and use this insight to improve your relationships!
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