At dinner the other night, Heidi was regaling our neighbors with a tale of another 90s phenomena becoming a current, retro trend. The 20-something daughters of one of our colleagues are all into the idea that there are five love languages, popularized in the 1992 book by Gary Chapman.
"Dad's love language is physical touch," they tell their mom, gleefully. "What are you going to do about it?"
"Mine is words of affirmation," she responds. "What's he going to do about that?"
Our group was of mixed ages. Some of them were in their 20s and 30s themselves when the notion first gained popularity, but others were not even in their teens then.
"I don't even know what they all are," admitted one woman. "I think I remember my dad talking about it, though. Is there a spending time one?"
"That might fit your dad," her husband pressed her playfully, "but what do you you think you are?"
She looked around at the people she had just hosted for dinner, the baby monitor with her daughter's slumbering image, and the man who was teasing her. "I just like to make sure everybody is taken care of."
"Acts of Service!" the group said in unison.
"I still think she likes to receive gifts," her husband shook his head.
"Who doesn't?" she scoffed, and we all had to agree.
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