READY TO GET TOGETHER?

What are you waiting for? Aren’t you overdue to join in celebration with your friends and neighbors, sign up for a community adventure, or join the wine club?

When you live at Noble’s Pond you have a never-ending list of new activities to try, right in your own community, plus easy access to many local attractions. So step out and discover what Noble’s Pond living is all about.

Quality Time: 41.6%

Words of Affirmation: 18.5%

Physical Touch: 15.4%

Receiving Gifts: 12.6%

Acts of Service: 11.8%

Note that quality time was the number one “love language” by more than a 2:1 margin.

What are YOUR top love languages? You can take a quiz to find out your top love language at www.5lovelanguages.com. There are separate quizzes for couples, singles, teens, and children. According to the online quiz, my top two love languages (how I want to “receive” love) are “acts of service,” closely followed by “words of affirmation.” I’d say that’s accurate for me.

One takeaway is not to assume your spouse/significant other/child/friend has the same ranking of love languages. So, the saying, “Do unto others as you would have done unto you,” may not apply. How you want to be shown love may be quite different from what he/she wants most from you. That, to me, is the important lesson of the five love languages. It’s a novel way to look at your closest relationship(s) and may provide a springboard for improving them. You may also enjoy more of the health benefits of love.

Jan Cullinane is an award-winning retirement author, speaker, and consultant. Her current book is The Single Woman’s Guide to Retirement (AARP/Wiley).