This is an awesome book on love written by Dr.Gary Chapman. He teaches you five love languages to communicate with your love partners. These love languages are truly very effective. They can certainly help you to improve your relationship with your loved ones.

The language is simple but very powerful. Any one can apply these love languages and improve the relationship with his/her love partner. Moreover, these techniques can be applied to other friends and relatives as well. This book can help to save a marriage, strengthen a friendship and so on.

One should know how important is effective communication in a relationship. Men in particular are very poor in expressing the love to their women. This book helped me to improve my relationship with my loving spouse. I presented this book to my sister who later told me that she equally found it useful.

great concept, definitely worth sharing and discussing in your relationships. Love is a verb... it's not a feeling, but rather something that you do. Knowing is not enough. You must be willing to do the things that make your partner feel loved on a consistent basis. It is, at least, a great discussion starter for you and your partner, and a great step towards enhancing your relationship. Obviously to be fulfilled in relationships, we need to ensure we are filling each others emotional love banks, since we cannot run on empty, and if we continue even at half full, we miss out on the full joy that our relationships can offer.

Learning to love is like learning to swim: it's hard and scary at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's a blast. Learning to love properly is like learning to water-ski: even though you know how to swim, you still don't know how to water-ski yet. Chapman's book lays out a simple process of learning how to love, but not just learning how to love, but rather how to love properly. I've gotten so much help from this book on learning how to relate to my wife, that I'm sure she'd write a glowing review on her too on my behalf. She's happier - I'm happier, and since we're happier, we're more in love than ever. The Five Love Languages that are given in the book are so simple, yet without the eye-opening words of the author, it's so hard to see the prize at the end. And what's waiting at the end is a healthy relationship with your loved-ones, and that's worth more than you want to neglect. I would highly recommend this book, and I've even given copies to friends as gifts.

This book is not just for couples, the concepts of communication can be applied to anyone. I am not one to be super outgoing, and I found some of the tips in this book helped me better communicate with others and increased my confidence in social situations. I would recommend this to anyone -married or single, and apply these methods to everyone in your life.

While browsing through a local bookstore a few weeks prior to our wedding, I came across The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. I'd heard people rave about this book for years and figured I'd give it a try. As in any marriage, my husband and I have experienced many times of miscommunication simply because we did not understand the type of communication the other needed. Dr. Chapman presents life-changing information in an easy-to-read format. As soon as I began reading, I felt motivated to start applying the methods, and as soon as I did, I saw an improvement in our relationship. For example, I didn't realize that sometimes my husband just needs a hug or to be held, not talked to death, not taken to do something fun. Reading this book also helped me learn how to communicate to my husband how I need him to communicate with me. I even realized that the concepts presented in this book can be applied to other relationships (parent-child, sibling, friendships, etc.) I'd recommend this book to anyone who is ready to take a step to improve their relationships for the present and the future.

The Five Love Languages is a book that I really cannot say enough about. I bought this book when my husband and I were newly married and were struggling to understand each other. I had heard some great things about this book and it did not disappoint. I would actually consider this book to be one of the best purchases I have ever made; it literally transformed my marriage. While reading this book, I found myself agreeing with everything that was written and being amazing at how certain parts of it described me 100%. After reading it, I recommended it to my husband and after that, we were both able to realize what we needed and also what the other needed. Since that time, we have been able to understand one another better and also to know how to communicate with one another in a way that we both understand. Our communication got better isntanting and things just turned around. This book was truly a marriage-saver and I would recommend it to anyone and everyone.

This book can be classified as a marriage saver. It brought forth such an easy concept, yet the concept is very hard to identify if untrained.

This book will cause you to look outside yourself as a spouse and look to your spouse and their need. I have learned how to identify what actions to help those around me feel loved by me. I have learned what language to speak to the ones I love. Time is too short to speak a language not understood by your loved one.

I have noticed a difference in the response of my children, and my wife. I have also been able to identify my own love language and in turn have been able to express my desire to my wife. This book is a good, informative, and thought provoking read. Highly recommended!!

“The 5 Love Languages”, by Gary Chapman, gave me great insight as to not only what made my girlfriend happy, but what made ME happy, too. After reading this book my relationship was greatly improved. Chapman’s writing style is not overly preachy and you don’t feel bad about being who you are after reading “The 5 Love Languages”. Chapman illustrates that everyone has a separate language of love that may or may not be as important to your partner.If your language is receiving gifts and hers is acts of service, you’d be more successful rubbing her feet versus buying her a box of roses every time you want to show her appreciation. This book won't promise to cure an unhealthy relationship, but it will give you a good start.

Before I got married, I didn't think a book can be so helpful in relationships. Of course, I've heard of so many people having a hard time in their marriage, but things were going so great, that I didn't think I needed advice. Of course, honeymoon periods end sometime and that's when you need a book like The Five Love Language. It's quite important to know how you give and receive love and knowing how your lover give and receive love. Understanding how my hubby received love, I tried harder to love him in that way more, and I realized how to appreciate more of the way he gives love to me. It did not make us have a perfect relationship, but just appreciate each other so much more. This is a must read for those who are in a relationship. Also, if you want to prepare for your future relationship, you should read it too. It taught me so much more than what I thought that I could learn from a book.

Granted, the book had a lot of helpful insights on how to keep your commitment with your lover. It also had several ways to keep the relationship 'fresh', so it can work. I just don't understand why people have to go to a book for relationship advice.

Perhaps the language of love isn't my language at all. This book explains how to maintain a marriage, by understanding eachother more and learning how to communicate. Communication is everything in a relationship. I was having a lot of trouble in the beginning of my marriage, and my mother recommended this book for me. So, I decided to check it out from the library just to see what it's all about. It did provide somewhat of an insight on how to help my marriage work, but it's gonna take a lot more than a book to do that.

If you can get past the corny title of THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, then you've got yourself a wonderful book on communicating with your loved one. I don't know what I would do without it!

A lot of people may be turned off by the title -- I know that I almost was -- but you really shouldn't be. What's between the covers isn't nearly as cheesy as the title makes it seem.

THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES teaches you how to better communicate nearly everything with your spouse or lover. It shows you the best ways for communicating anger, hurt, love, upset, appreciation, pretty much any emotion you could imagine. But, of course, it focuses on the five love languages. To find out what those are, you'll have to read the book!

This book was amazing. It was recommended to me by a married friend of mine while my boyfriend and I were going through a rough time. It really helped me realize that everyone expresses love in different ways. Once you realize your own love language, and the love language of your mate, it makes expressing love so much easier. You learn to appreciate things that they do or say to you. I learned that when I was receiving gifts I didn't appreciate it as much as other people might, because that's not my primary love language. I think this book is great for anyone: single or married, young or old. The messages in The Five Love Languages are helpful to everyone, and will make your love life more fulfilling!

This book is not a turn-on for any self-respecting man. Pink cover... yuck. And then love... well that's mills&boon stuff and I'm too old anyway.

But then I had been recommended this book by an older, saner gentleman and the only reason I flipped through some pages was to see what he might have seen in there.
And wow... if there is a clarification on mars-venus issues in an earthly sense, it is here. Not just for couples but for kids, colleagues and anyone else you might love or even like. The five languages are as distinct as chinese and italian so the point is well made that it is dumb to communicate unless one is well versed with whichever the language of the other person is.

A friend of mine gave this to me when I was having trouble with my fiancee. We had been trying to battle through one of our mis-communication fights and had stopped talking 3 months before the wedding for a week. When I started reading this it allowed me to honestly identify that my now husband has a very different way of manifesting his feelings than me, leading to mixed signals and hurt feelings. The organization of the chapters and uses of case examples rather helped me further understand my own methods of communication and how to better get along with him. My husband has also read pieces of this book and has, admittedly, adapted his communication skills effectively.

I liked that this book was presented in a less than positive light, expressing that some differences of expression can truly cause problems. Still, the realistic approach and style made the message more believable as well as more of a challenge to make things work.

My girlfriend bought us this book after having learned about the different love languages in a lock-in held at our church. The book really helped to define what our individual love languages are, but it proved little in helping us to communicate more efficiently. For example I learned I am more of a physical person, whereas she is a person who admires gift-giving. I had a hard time understanding how the book drew the connection between the two, but it did help to find out more about myself. I do enjoy reading examples about the couples though. Very interesting book.

We had an ordinary marriage, but after reading this book that a friend gave me and sharing it with my husband, we now have a great marriage! I feel like we have learned how to show each other appreciation (he likes to hear the words of love and appreciation; I want to see actions or be touched) in ways that make the other person feel cherished and valued. We avoid a lot of little fights by trying to anticipate what the other person might need and give it to each other in the right language. It felt awkward at first, but it's certainly worth it now. We recently went through a very difficult set of circumstances that might have driven us apart, had we not had the knowledge of our love languages to draw on as we coped with difficult times. This should be mandatory reading for all couples!

The Five Love Languages employs a unique concept from the world of linguistics: Each person speaks their own language, and if you don’t know it, communication is difficult. The concept is simple, there are five ways in which each person demonstrates and receives love: Touch, Affirmation, Being Together, Helping Out, and Gifts. We know what we like best, and thus when we try to show love to another, we naturally do it primarily through that expression. If my partner has a different language, however, my efforts can fall flat, and I might never know why, and worse, grow frustrated that they are not appreciated.

This book was very enlightening for us as a couple. We read it early on in our marriage, and it helped from the beginning in knowing how to think about the other. Doing so to begin with is a lesson in itself, but to know that my wife enjoyed Affirmation, and had little regard for Gifts, helped direct me in nurturing our relationship. Vice versa, of course, in her regard for me. This book is highly recommended and is very practical. It can help change the atmosphere of your relationship very quickly.

This book has transformed my way of looking at love. It gives new demensions to the term love. It has showed me brand new ways to express my love toward others. From family and friends to spouses, this book gives everyone new way and new ideas to show, and respond to love. It has improved my relationship drastically, and brung my love style into perspective. It has showed me the ways I needed to improve, and which areas I needed the mosst help. It showed me strartegies for receiving and keeping love. This book is a must for just about anyone, unless you have no heart. But if you wish to receive love and keep love, read this book, and apply its contents to your life. You will not regret it.

This book is a wonderful resource for anyone, and is applicable to almost any situation. I have used the lessons in this book to improve my relationships with friends, family members, and co-workers. The idea is that each person has a preferred way to be reinforced and that by learning what someone responds most positively to, you can improve your ability to communicate with them. This book has been an invaluable asset to me and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Dr. Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate will open your eyes to the needs of your mate as you discover how he/she perceives love. I read through this with my husband and together we learned what things I did that made him feel that I loved him and the things that I did for him that were really because that is how I perceived love to be. The five love languages are touch, words of affirmation, receiving of gifts, acts of service and quality time. Each language has its own vernacular and not everyone fits into one category. However, if you feel that you are going no-where with your relationships or you are having trouble relating to your kids, this book will definitely help you find the language to speak to your loved one and its companion The Five Love Languages of Children that they perceive as love and open them up to a whole new relationship with you.

This is an amazing book for people who really want to understand their mate. Dr. Chapman has such a keen insight into the human mind and has a vivid way of describing their needs.

This book was very helpful for my marriage. My husband, though reluctant to read it at first, also found it as helpful as me. He now recommends it to his friends. It was also such an easy read!

As an atheist, I wasn't fond of all of the religious connotations riddled through this book. However, there was so other great ideas that I was able to look over them and appreciate this book for its deeper meaning. I truly recommend this book to anyone who really wants to understand their mate and improve their relationship.

In the back of the book is a section on love languages for children. this is a very helpful section that shouldn't be missed!

I bet you didn't know your partner has a love tank and if you did know, how can you tell when it is empty or full? A concepts learned in 5 Love Languages. Husband and wife, are individuals and that is what makes us all unique...we have differences. In a marriage it is sometimes hard to understand the importance of discussing and sharing each other's needs. While some needs are similar, other needs are unique to the individual. The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate teaches you to explore this more fully. It helps you to understand that some people show love through giving, others through service, etc. It teaches you the 5 love languages so you can identify which language your partner speaks as well as know what language you speak. I ended up reading this book as part of a seminar I was attending and at first glance I didn't think it was a book I would enjoy but I love it and have added it to my bookshelf. Not only does it help you with your marriage but other relationships such as in your family. By knowing the language of those you have a relationship with, you can better understand them. This is a great book for those wanting to tighten their bond and better understand one another. This book is also great to mix with any relationship class you may be offering in your community or church.

So many times it's easy to forget how our mate feels and have empathy for their day, especially when your own day has been frazzled in every way. You just want him/her to listen and make it better.... but the sad thing is that this happens so many times in society.

The Five Love Languages.....to Your Mate is a breath of fresh air after a gentle rain. Through reading this book you are presented with real life applications that open not just the physical eyes, but the eyes of the heart. Even if your mate isn't open to putting the book into practice, you can still love your mate and make a huge difference in their lives. Serving doesn't mean always serving yourself first, it's about letting go and loving your mate.

This book is a must read....

Everyone has a love language most just don't know how to describe it.
In Dr Chapman's book he teaches you about the five love languages, what they are and how to express yourself in them. If you have ever loved someone and they didn't feel like you loved them, you probably didn't understand why. The problem was that you probably weren't expressing your love in a way they understood. If someone's love language is "acts of service", then to get your love across you need to do some actual work for them: clean, cook, build something for them. Someone whose love language is "acts of service" most appreciates hard work done for them. Each person has a "love bank" and you have either been adding to or debiting. Over years you can either be in debt or you can have a surplus. Your relationship will be better for it or you will starve your relationship to death. The neat thing about the love languages is that it works for any relationship such as husband/wife, brother/sister, parent/children, etc.
The information here can enrich any relationship you have with someone.

I had heard one too many people talk about this book. I especially heard quite a bit about it amongst the religious folk. I do live in the Bible belt. But when I started reading this I was surprised to find that the things Dr. Chapman is asking us to do are not only simple and doable, but have huge impact. You can bang your head against the wall numerous times when trying to get your spouse to see/do/listen (fill-in-the-blank) something and if you keep getting the same response you eventually give up. As in get a divorce. He actually talks about a couple who were on the verge of divorce after 20-some years because the wife felt that here husband didn't care about her. She read the book and they attended a conference Dr. Chapman held and after applying his principles they were able to turn it around. Because as Dr. Chapman explains, for example that being a woman if my husband suddenly without asking picked up the vacuum and the duster and went to town without me asking, I would find that a huge loving gesture. And in turn if, I guess, I just let my husband come home after work, relax and get situated for 15-20 mins. and don't present him with the problems of the day and truly listen to him, he will feel loved as well. It's easy to forget though when one dog has barfed on the carpet, the other one has ran away, your preschooler has made pictures on her bedroom wall with markers, and you burnt dinner, to want to sit down and listen to how "his" day went. That's why it's important to keep this book handy. In fact, keep one on the coffee table downstairs and one on the nightstand upstairs. You won't regret it!