So you have yourself a sweetie. Congratulations! You like this person a lot, huh? That must mean you’re currently in Cupid mode and have some amazing Valentine’s Day plans in the works.
Wait … no?! You have no idea what to get them or how to express your cat heart-eyes emoji feelings for them (other then send them lots of cat heart-eye emojis)? Fear not. We know that special occasion gift-giving can be a daunting task, and we have a little tool at our disposal to share with you that will help you zone in on just the right thing to make your Valentine swoon.
A quiz! A love language quiz to be exact.
We’ll spare you the details, but some fancy relationship expert named Dr. Gary Chapman came up with a personality test of sorts called “The Five Love Languages” as a shortcut to help figure out the distinct way that every human prefers to receive love.
According to Chapman, everyone has a core love language and it falls under one of these 5 categories:
Acts of Service
Physical Touch
Words of Affirmation
Receiving Gifts
Quality Time
But what does this have to do with Valentine's Day you ask? Well, the key to winning at the gift-giving game is to figure out your sig other's love language and match the gift best suited to it. You can take Chapman's 5 minute quiz here. Or for a shortcut to the shortcut, we have broken down each love language type below—complete with gift ideas for each.
Read below and then carry on, Cupid.