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Yes, LOVE Has Multiple Languages

Posted on by Inga | 33 comments

Hello gents! Welcome to the new month🙌🏾

Do you know that the month of May is the month of showing LOVE and appreciation?

And no, you haven’t gone back in time, we aren’t referring to Valentine’s Day, the month of May has a special day dedicated to all mother figures in our lives.

This day is dedicated to them for us to express our love and appreciation for them.

Now, communicating or showing love is not always straightforward. This is because there are different ways people prefer to give and receive love. It is very important to understand how your loved one best receives love.

Here are the different types of love languages that are used to communicate love.

WORDS OF AFFIRMATION

Words of affirmation are all about expressing affection through spoken words, praise, or appreciation. If this is someone’s primary love language, they enjoy hearing words of encouragement, uplifting quotes, love notes, and cute text messages.

You can make this person’s day by simply complementing them or pointing out what they do well. If this is moms primary love language, shower her with words of appreciation and love so that she is aware of how special she is.

QUALITY TIME

Quality time is giving your loved one undivided attention. This means spending quality time with them with no distractions to make them feel loved. You can successfully do this by putting down the cell phone, turning off the tablet, making eye contact, and actively listening and affirming what the other person is saying.

Try to be more present with mom, give her more attention, ask her about her morning walks with her friends, and ask her about the new air fryer she has been raving about.

PHYSICAL TOUCH

A person who has physical touch as a primary love language feels loved through physical affection. And this physical affection comes in the form of hugging, touching their arm, holding hands, and putting your arm on their shoulder.

When you visit mom again, give her a big, long hug, give her a shoulder massage, and hold her hand when you are talking to her to make her feel your love and appreciation.

ACTS OF SERVICE

For acts of service, a person feels loved and appreciated when someone does nice things for them. They love when people do little things for them and often can be found doing these acts of service for others.

You can do this for mom with acts such as:

  • Helping with the dishes
  • Running errands for her
  • Helping with her daily duties/chores
  • Filling up her car with fuel

RECEIVING GIFTS

Gift-giving is symbolic of love and appreciation for some people. They treasure not only the gift itself but also the time and effort the gift-giver put into it. If your mom’s love language is receiving gifts, for this Mother’s Day, please take some time in choosing a well thought gift that she will cherish forever.

All the best with navigating through the different love languages. Let us know what language you will show your mom you love her in the comments section below.

However you do it, remember to do it with LOVE.

Article inspired by: www.verywellmind.com

JOKE OF THE DAY

IT’S COMPETITION TIME!

For the month of May, we are giving away R1000 cash vouchers to TWO of our Manbox members to help to show their moms some love.

To enter and stand a chance of winning, all you have to do is:

  1. Make sure that your Manbox profile is updated and comment on any Manbox article for an entry.
  2. For a bonus entry, get 1 friend to join the Manbox community and fully complete their profile.
  3. Once your friend has successfully joined, you can comment their name down in the comments below as your official bonus entry to win R1000 in cash!

That’s it! The competition closes at midnight on the 31st of May 2022 and winners will be announced in the June Newsletter and will be contacted via email on the 1st of June 2022.

A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS 

Congratulations to our lucky winners: @manyatizimkita and @ncanyane14 who have WON themselves each a R1000 Superbalist Voucher!

Thank you for participating in our April newsletter competition! We will get in touch with you via email to confirm your prize.

Competition T&C: This competition is open to all South African residents and Manbox members only. 2 x R1000 Cash Vouchers. Two winners will be selected. The selected winners will be contacted via email. To enter you need to follow the exact instructions as mentioned above. The winners will be emailed on 1/06/2022 and will have 48 hours to acknowledge winning. Should the winners fail to do this within 48 hours of being notified another winner will be selected in their place. The competition will close at midnight 31/05/2022 and the winners will be announced in the June Newsletter on Manbox on 1/06/2022. Judge’s decision is final.

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33 thoughts on “Yes, LOVE Has Multiple Languages”

  2. Nthabiseng L. says:

    Love how this article resembles love in so many ways , one also needs to learn that a mother isn’t only someone who gave birth to you only but a mother is someone who knows the duties of loving someone wholeheartedly you can show some love and appreciation to anyone who has played a huge role in your life just by their there mentally and physically and emotionally while you where down ,there are those mother’s whom lost their children and would also feel happy knowing there’s someone who appreciates them by doing that special things for them

  8. Lehlohonolo L. says:

    Good day what an inspiring article our mothers are so special i think that is a good thing to run some errands and also helping her with some chores……thanks for the inspiration

  9. Samukelo M. says:

    Interesting article, sometimes we do all these things are these people in our relationships but we have no idea how much we are actually giving and doing to show our love. This can easily lead to being manipulated.