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Students who wanted to learn about their top love language had the opportunity to do so during the Leadership Bites: Love Language session Thursday at the Edinburg campus.
The Student Leadership Academy and Center for Student Involvement presented the session and provided free food for students who participated in the five-love-languages quiz.
The first part of the 15-question quiz asked students to answer a pair of two questions, where they had to circle the one that best describes them in a relationship. Depending on the question, students had to circle either options A, B, C, D or E.
At the end of the quiz, students had to total their lettered answers. Whichever letter had the highest score, that was the love language that resonated with them the most.
In the second part of the quiz, students were able to gain a better understanding of what their top love language meant. The five love languages are: words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service and physical touch.
According to Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life, the concept of love language was created by Baptist pastor Gary Chapman around 30 years ago. Through his observations as a marriage counselor, the idea of love languages was created.
Chapman believed love languages were an intuitive way to teach couples about how to understand each other’s way of expressing affection. He published his book “The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate” in 2009, which guides readers to identify their own love language, as well as their partners.
Students were able to put their name on a sticky note and place it on a board in response to their top love language. The most popular love language was quality time.
Counseling graduate student Yazbel Rodriguez said the reason quality time was the most picked love language is because time is a gift.
“And then quality time is, like, doing things that you love to do together,” Rodriguez said. “Just spending time together, even if that means doing homework next to each other ‘cause you know you don’t have time to hang out otherwise.”
As per the other love languages, Simply Psychology said Chapman’s book defined words of affirmation as affection through spoken or written words; physical touch as intimate contact; acts of service as thoughtful gestures; and receiving gifts as meaningful presents.
Biology sophomore Stephanie Marroquin said she thought her love language was receiving gifts, but after taking the quiz, it turns out it was quality time.
“Which makes sense to me, too, ‘cause I don’t get to spend a lot of time with my family now since I moved,” Marroquin said. “I feel like I’m always running out of time, but when I’m with them, like, I appreciate every single moment with my family or my loved one.”
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