Valentine's Day - Why is it so Stressful?
My husband and I took Gary Chapman's "Love Language" quiz many years ago. When we shared our results with one another, we both realized that we had "Gifts" as the bottom language on our test sheets! Imagine the shock we felt when we realized we had been doing holidays and birthdays all wrong for so many years. After a few laughs and sharing our revelation with those around us, we determined to change the way we do our celebrations. Did we figure it out? Not by a long shot! We both realized that our primary love language is "quality time." So, how that applies to anniversaries and Valentine's Day is to do something together! We can go to a movie, out to dinner, or just hang out and we have satisfied this aspect of our need in our relationship. But oftentimes, why do we still feel as if we have missed the mark? We want to honor one another with our time and attention, but the world seems to interfere by telling us what we "need"