I’ve often found it interesting finding out what people’s love language is. It reveals so much about how a person acts and how to show appreciation for them.
The 5 love languages: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, and Physical Touch.
These aren’t winner take all, but instead, everyone shows varying signs of each of them. For myself, I am highly bent towards the quality time side, but I also have a large pull towards acts of service. It is to be expected that there is some overlap in these.
People sometimes find it weird, but I often ask about love languages fairly early on in my friendships with them. It helps me to know if writing them a card or spending the day with them will mean more.
For myself, someone can congratulate me all day or give me gifts, and I’ll appreciate it, but it won’t mean near as much to me as if you took time out of your day just to come hang out with me.
Find out what your closest friend’s love language is and see how you can show them you care.
Everyone’s different, and even love doesn’t come with a one-size-fits-all.