When Love Languages Clash
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Can you speak different languages and make it work?
Having a satisfying relationship is like driving a car in the sense that it requires a series of adjustments and constant attention to the changing circumstances. You’ll have to sign up for a lifetime of reading the room. Sorrell says, “People with different love languages can have successful relationships when both understand their own love languages, needs, and desires; clearly communicate it to their partners; and make a commitment to work towards providing and catering to their partner’s love language.”
“It takes mindfulness, dedication, compromise, patience, and the understanding that it will not be perfect,” she adds. “It will take time to break old habits and create new ones, and loving reminders or nudges to each other when one person begins to fall short.”
