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Let's Talk About the New and Improved 7 Love Styles Let's talk about the ways partnerships have evolved and the resulting big changes to the original ‘Five Love Languages.’  With our evolving society, what it takes for a relationship to work with your loved ones may look very different than it did decades ago. There has been a bigger focus on other types of love, including self-love and platonic love. Therefore, a new and more comprehensive look at what it takes for people to be happy has changed from five to seven. There are now 7 Love Styles. The Original ‘Love Languages’ Dr. Gary Chapman, the marriage counselor who developed the 5 love languages, identified that there was often a disconnect between spouses who showed love and how their partners received those actions. Chapman observed that what one person thought was a display of love would fall flat for a partner who “spoke” a different love language.  Chapman identified five original love languages: Words of affirmation, ...