The Best Way To Say I Love You
D
id you today let
your partner feel
that
you
love
them? How did
you do it? Was this the best
way to let them feel your
love?
Maybe you used words. If
you said “I love you” to your
partner today, then you did
a good thing. Your love is
beautiful, and it deserves
your expression. A survey
of YouGov.co.uk quantifies the sad reality. More
than 40% of partners in real
long term relationships almost never say “I love you.”
So you earned your credit
today by using the magic
words.
We human beings are not
good at listening. But your
partner might have heard
and noticed your words.
Yet, hearing words about
love does not always mean
they feel love. It may be
something different that
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“We human beings are not good at
listening. ”
She might hear him saying “I love you!” But
does she feel it?
would actually make them
feel loved. It depends on
their personality and their
background.
If you ask good old Google “how to express love,”
then in half a second you
get more than 270.000 answers. You could try one
of them each day and see
what works best for your
partner. But the experiment
would take you 740 years.
So how to find a way say “I
love you” that triggers the
emotion of your spouse?
And how to identify it fast,
let’s say this week?
Enter the remarkable work
of Dr. Gary Chapman. He
is working as a marriage
counselor for more than
40 years. He saw one thing
over and over again in his
daily practice with couples.
People say or do wonderful
things to make their partners feel loved. But their
partners would just not understand. Sounds familiar
to you? Then read on!
Dr. Chapman had to understand why that happens. He
found that people express