What’s Your (& His) Love Language?

April 22, 2014

As a newlywed, I scoffed at the idea that there were different love “languages” — or distinct ways to give and receive love. Could there really be a wrong way to love my husband? I wondered.

The concept was coined by relationship counselor Gary Chapman, author of The 5 Love Languages, who says that people need to receive love in a specific way,…

Kate Bayless is a Southern California-based writer and editor with a decade of bylines at iVillage, Babble, Momtrends, and Family Travel Diary as well as glossies like Parents, American Baby, and Fit Pregnancy. She writes regularly about life, family, beauty, travel, health, and more. A mother of three boys under 8, she relishes the small joys in life -- drinking coffee while it's actually still hot, a clean sink, having a reason to wear high heels, beating her husband in Words With Friends, a glass of wine with girlfriends, and travels with the family. See more Kate on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Contently.