When Love Languages Clash
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Julia Austin
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You have to fill your own tank first
If you want quality time with a partner, put in quality time with yourself for self-care. If you want words of affirmation from another, shouldn’t you speak kindly about yourself? “Sometimes we seek, expect, or demand from others what we haven’t given, don’t know how to give, and/or aren’t consistently giving to ourselves,” Sorrell says. After learning about the five love languages, I decided to do a self-assessment and analyze if I had been providing myself with the love language I expect from my partner and the answer was not consistently and, in some areas, not at all.”
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