My husband and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary in July. While I wouldn’t say by any means that I’m an expert on the subject of marriage (I still consider ourselves newlyweds in many ways), we’ve had our fair share of bumps in the road that have taught me much about commitment, self-sacrifice, and how to make married life fun?even when all it seems like is grocery lists and dirty laundry.
1. Know Your Spouse’s Love Language
Have you ever searched high and low (let’s be real: searched for hours on Amazon) for the perfect anniversary gift, only for it to get a lackluster reception" The problem may not have been the gift itself; it may be that your husband just doesn’t value receiving gifts at all and would rather you have planned a romantic walk on the beach to celebrate instead. A while back a book was published, “The Five Love Languages,” that establishes there are five different ways a person can receive and show love: gifts, quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, and physical touch. Whether or not you actually read the book, you should both take the multiple choice test to determine your love languages and know how each other feels most loved. This will give you the power to communicate better with them on a daily basis and make them feel like they’re loved by you.
For example, my husband’s love language is words of affirmation. To feel loved, he needs to hear me say it, so I make it ...