About a year ago, I came across a gem of a book called “The 5 Love Languages”. I heartily recommend it to anyone wishing to enhance, maintain, or save a relationship. But this is not a book review.
Suffice it to say that I learned that everybody has 1 or 2 main love languages and this is how they understand love. For instance, one of my 2 main love languages is time. If my husband doesn’t spend enough quality time with me, I think he doesn’t love me.
One of my husband’s love languages, on the other hand, is gifts. He understands and processes love through the action of gift-giving, but paradoxically enough, prefers to choose his own gifts rather than receiving gifts from me that he doesn’t like and that end up being stuffed into a cupboard. In essence, he likes to choose his own gifts and mine.
I railed against the injustice of it all, and on a recent trip to Singapore, decided to do something about it. I know my husband likes electronic gadgets (read: expensive gizmos). I was flipping through the in-flight magazine on Cathay Pacific and came across Lifetrons – a Swiss brand-name for teeny tiny speakers (you can hold one in the palm of your hand) that you can connect to your iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, etc. Boys’ toys.
I read the fine print a few times to make sure that my husband could really hook the speakers up to his iPhone, and promptly purchased them.
The look of unadulterated delight on his face at receiving the Lifetrons speakers was thanks enough. I knew I had made a good choice and was further confirmed in my belief when he hooked them up to his iPhone, cranked the volume up (it was past midnight and the kids were asleep), and was duly impressed.
“Wow, it can go so loud! The sound quality is so good!”
I smiled and trudged to bed. Mission accomplished.
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