Tips to use your favorite love messages in ways that resonate.
The Five Languages of Love is a concept from a book of the same name by Gary Chapman, a minister who published the tome in 199 He said that most of us have one primary “language” we express or receive love in, and that the other “languages” are secondary.
Those love languages are:
- Words of affirmation
- Quality time
- Gifts
- Acts of service
- Physical touch
What does that mean for love messages? They’re all based on words, after all. Essentially, they’re all words of affirmation.
You can use love messages to speak another “language” if you use them in specific mediums, though. For example:
- A poster with a love message could become a gift.
- A letter with the message “you make me want to be a better person” could precede an act of service if you commit to change or improve something.
- Making an event out of an anniversary with banners and posters bearing love messages could represent quality time.
- The most romantic love messages, too, can spark physical touch no matter how they’re delivered.
Exercise: How do you personalize love messages?
This list of love messages has a lot of ideas, but if you’re looking for something even more specific for your sweetheart, you can make your own love messages.
Try any of the following to pen your own:
- Use this list as a base and see what the love messages you like inspire. They’ll spark ideas of your own.
- Remix one of the love messages. Switch out the descriptive words to describe your special someone.
- Use love messages as prompts. For a love letter you pour your heart into, start with a love message that means something to you, then see what it inspires you to write.