What's Your Love Language?

How this love language quiz works

The idea of love languages comes from a 1992 book by author and counselor Gary Chapman, who noticed that people often express care in one way while hoping to receive it in another. One partner might show love by fixing the leaky faucet while the other is waiting to hear a kind word. The concept caught on far beyond couples, and today plenty of people use it to talk about friendships, families and even workplaces.

The book describes five love languages. This quick quiz focuses on four everyday ones and leaves out physical touch, so the questions work just as well for friends, roommates and coworkers as for partners. Each of the seven questions offers four relatable choices, and every choice leans toward one of those four. The one you pick most often becomes your result. There are no right or wrong answers, so go with your gut rather than what sounds nicest.

This is an unofficial quiz made for fun, not a relationship assessment or a psychological test, and it isn't connected to the book or its publisher. Researchers have found only limited evidence that people have a single fixed love language, and most of us appreciate a mix. Use your result as a friendly conversation starter, then ask the people you care about how they like to be shown love.

The 4 possible results

• Words of AffirmationEncouraging, Expressive, Warm
• Quality TimePresent, Attentive, Loyal
• Acts of ServiceDependable, Helpful, Practical
• Receiving GiftsThoughtful, Observant, Generous

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