POST VALENTINE: WHAT'S YOUR LOVE LANGUAGE?
“Babe,
Do you know that you are a gift to me, to us, me and the kids? I have come to really appreciate the meaning of your name, Onyinye.
I promise never to take you for granted in any way. You always amaze me with how you are able to run this home and take care of me and the kids irrespective of all our wahala. Honestly, I don’t know how you do it but I just want you to know that I appreciate you. I don’t even know how I would cope if you were not here. I may have a funny way of showing it but please don’t stop being you. You are one of the strongest women I know. Always remember that I love you and you are the best.”
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Okay, I know that reading that piece has already started
making you feel all mushy and shptwlkhyrqprt but calm down before you raise
your blood pressure. First things first, if you are married please go straight
to the back, if you are engaged or in a relationship, come to the front, single and ready to mingle oya come to the high table, I want you to hear me
very well. Thank you.
I know it was a week ago but by now I expect y’all to know that I don’t work with the clock of the world. There is an Igbo adage that says, Whenever a person wakes up is his/her morning. So leave it like that for me.
If I tell you, ‘Happy Valentine’ in December, please accept it with thanksgiving. The most important thing is that it is coming from a place of love and from a heart that cares about you, Shikena! Love should not have a timeline, you can show love whenever. Please read my last post My Love For You, if you missed it.
Let me state clearly anyway that my husbandman is not a
preacher of love, sometimes I wonder how this guy got me sef. I love Romance
and all the lovey-dovey things that go with it so I don’t know how I ended up
with this local man. It’s just like applying for Mass Communication in the
University and ending up with Igbo Linguistics. Please this is not my
handwriting, don’t come for me. I am just joking, before somebody will go and
screen grab and send to my Oga at the top. Don’t push me out of my marriage, I
beg you. I will use my 2 legs to walk out when I am tired, biko. Thank you.
Back to what I was saying, these words were romantic to my
ears, I felt like I was flying without wings, in the words of Westlife. I was
already feeling myself when he said these words that eve of Valentine and my body was
already doing me dtywqhling but we didn’t do anything afterward. We just
placed our hands on our neighbour's shoulder and slept. I won’t lie to you,
there was no communion that night. Take it or leave it.
Why are you looking at me like that? Is everything about
sex? Hear me and hear me well, Valentine is not about Sex. Periodt!
Yes, it is the season of love but love is not determined by sex.
In my last post, I mentioned that Love is an action word.
You cannot truly love someone without doing something for that person, love is
not selfish. I know that Love can be complex sometimes but I need you to
understand one thing, it is more than the emotions and feelings you have towards
the opposite sex. Words that are synonymous with love are affection, respect, feeling
of attachment, or connection.
Here are 7 types of love you should know about:
1.
Philautia: Love of self
2.
Storge: Love for a role model or a child
3.
Ludus: Playful love
4.
Philia: Affectionate or brotherly love
5.
Pragma: Lasting love
6.
Agape: Unconditional/Selfless love.
7.
Eros: Sexual love
More often than not, many erroneously misplace these various types of love and the result is always catastrophic. Take for instance, when a father starts expressing Eros to his daughter instead of Storge, I can't even imagine what the end product will be.
The best way to understand Love is to thoroughly study the
book of 1st Corinthians chapter 13 in the Bible. From my knowledge
of this scripture, it covers different types of love. We ain’t perfect but hey,
we can try.
I am yet to meet any person who doesn’t love to be loved,
cared for or appreciate and although we all have our preferences when it comes
to love, there are 5 love languages that are universal to all. These 5 love
languages are:
1.
Words of affirmation:
2.
Acts of service
3.
Receiving gifts
4.
Physical touch
5.
Quality time.
Y’all will start wondering when did Tory Teller become a
preacher of love? News Flash, I have a new title; Senior Advocate of Everything
Positive. I gave myself the title and I am proud of it.
I don’t want to spill everything in this particular post so
I am going to go on a break now but I’ll be back for more insight on love
language.
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What’s your thought about love and what is your love
language? As usual, see you in the comment section.
Remember, The Tory Teller loves you and I am
rooting for you!
#staysafe
#stayhealthy
#staypositive
#spreadlove
©Onyinye
Udeh
This is beautiful
ReplyDeleteThank you dear Zehola. I hope you learnt a lesson or two.
DeleteLovely babes..please keep rooting for me oooo.......I need a square root.
ReplyDeleteHahaha.
DeleteYou know I'll keep rooting for you my Darling.
I loooooooove this post.
ReplyDeleteThis topic cannot be overemphasized and I have future plans to write about it too.
I learned from the types of love listed above.
Thank you for sharing, Tory teller.
Yaaay!
DeleteI am glad you learnt something from this.
You know I am always at your service.
Thank you for stopping by dear Kemiclassico.
You said you're not here to spray atarodo but that's exactly what you did, ma 😏.
ReplyDeleteLOL... waiting for the follow-up post. 😁
Oh my dear, I'm sorry it was not my intention.
DeleteBut I'm glad you enjoyed it else you won't be expecting the next part.
Tueh tueh tueh!
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of a something is this now.
Thank you for spraying Atarodo, Sombo and Tatashe, even hot chili in my face. Let me go and ask papa Matana if I am a hoodlum ni 😂😂😂
Ah! Dear Seme of life, I'm so sorry please I don off mic o.
DeleteI'm sure Papa Matana has plans for you😉