{"id":7025,"date":"2022-02-28T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=7025"},"modified":"2025-06-27T16:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:10:01","slug":"variants-of-love-bug-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2022\/02\/28\/variants-of-love-bug-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"Variants of Love Bug Bites"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are many variations in how a person prefers to receive love. These personal preferences are known as love languages. There are five major categories under the umbrella of love languages: acts of service, such as running an errand or cooking dinner for your partner; gifts– thoughtful and meaningful gifts of any size without an occasion; physical touch–hugging, kissing, holding hands; quality time–giving your partner undivided attention via exclusive time together; and words of affirmation–offering verbal compliments and words of appreciation. A common misconception is that people can have only one love language. Individuals might have a combination of ways they prefer to give and receive love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Caitlyn Dyke and Sam King.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Caitlyn Dyke and her boyfriend, Sam King, have been together just over a month. \u201cWe met four years ago and were friends,\u201d King says. \u201cWe had a class, did biology tutoring together and got a lot closer. Then we started to hangout all the time.\u201d Dyke and King share words of affirmation and physical touch as their love languages. Though this couple has coincidental similarities, it is also typical for partners to have different love languages. It is also normal for love languages to change over time and\/or from one relationship to the next. The pair believe they have always had the same love language, even in past relationships. \u201cBut I wasn\u2019t always loved the way I felt I was supposed to be,\u201d Dyke said, referring to her previous long-term relationship. \u201cNobody would\u2019ve been able to guess that those were my love languages.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jack Bisson and Abi Davis.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Unlike Dyke and King, Jack Bisson and his girlfriend, Abi Davis, have different love languages from each other. The pair met when they were 12 years old after Davis transferred to Bisson\u2019s middle school. They began dating at the start of college. Nearly four years later, Davis persuaded Bisson to take a love language quiz on Buzzfeed. \u201cI really learned about it from her,\u201d Bisson said with a smile. \u201cShe got talking with me about it. Abi\u2019s all into that stuff.\u201d The quiz revealed something that Jack had suspected: his love language is physical touch. \u201cAbi always does this cute thing,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be holding hands and she\u2019ll rub little circles on my thumb with hers. Or, when we\u2019re sitting together, she\u2019ll rub my arm. It always makes my heart happy.\u201d Bisson knows that Davis\u2019 love languages are acts of service and quality time. \u201cI like that she taught me what love languages are,\u201d he said. \u201cBy communicating these details about her, I am able to understand better how to show her love.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Maraia Nason is like Davis. Nason, whose love language is quality time, has been with her boyfriend, Nate St. Pierre, for five months. \u201cHonestly,\u201d Nason said, \u201cQuality time could just be hanging out in our apartment playing Nintendo Switch or cooking.\u201d St. Pierre smiled, agreeing that the pair enjoys cooking together. \u201cQuality time is up there for me,\u201d St. Pierre added. \u201cI think mine is physical touch. For example, if we\u2019re at a social event where there\u2019s a lot of people, just a hand on the shoulder.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maraia Nason and Nate St. Pierre.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Understanding your love language is not inherent. Nason said, \u201cBeing in relationships and learning more about myself and my partners\u201d was how she discovered hers. \u201cI think mine has always been quality time though,\u201d Nason said. \u201cBecause I\u2019ve always wanted to find the time to be with the person I\u2019m with and have it be meaningful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0For new couples or partners in a relationship where they might feel their love language is not understood, do not lose hope. \u201cRelationships are all about understanding one another\u2019s wants and needs,\u201d Bisson said. \u201cIf your partner doesn\u2019t understand your love language, tell them about it. Express how you feel and what you want to try and help them understand.\u201d Nason shared similar advice. \u201cYou have to communicate with your partner about it somehow. If it has to be cut and dry, then that\u2019s how it has to be. One way or another, you have to communicate with them about your needs.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To learn more about what your love language is, visit <\/span>https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/sydrobinson1\/whats-your-love-language-quiz<\/span><\/a> to take the \u201cThere Are Five Different Love Languages\u2014What\u2019s Yours?\u201d BuzzFeed quiz. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0There are many variations in how a person prefers to receive love. These personal preferences are known as love languages. There are five major categories under the umbrella of love languages: acts of service, such as running an errand or cooking dinner for your partner; gifts– thoughtful and meaningful gifts of any size without an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7025"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8188,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7025\/revisions\/8188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}