Pregnant Woman's Lazy Husband Buys Her an Electic Massager to Avoid Putting in Effort in Nightly Unwinding Ritual, Marital Tensions Worsen Beyod Muscle Aches: 'We can bond in other ways'

Welcome, tea-spilling sisters. According to Gary Chapman's 'love language' theory, there are five different ways that people in relationships express and experience love: words of affirmation, quality time, physical touch, gifts, and acts of service. Most people tend to prefer one over the others. Figuring out your own love language can help you communicate what you need in order to feel loved, and knowing the preferred love languages of your partners, friends, and family can help you make them feel appreciated, too. 

In our story today, a man, tired of giving his pregnant wife nightly massages, buys her an electric massager. Thinking he has somehow "beat the system," he presents her with the gift and is surprised when she reacts negatively. After posting on the internet, he comes to realize that it was never about the massage. To put it in 'love languages' terms, his wife just enjoyed the quality time together and receiving an act of service; buying a machine to do the work made her feel unloved. Get all the details by scrolling down.