You may know how your partner likes their pizza and their favorite sex position. But all the melted cheese and orgasms in the world can’t save a romance if you don’t know how to communicate.

Few things are as grounding as words of affirmation. If you haven’t tried using words of affirmation on yourself or with loved ones, now is a great time to get started. What are affirmations, exactly?

For some people, love is not fully felt until it is put into words. Words of affirmation, as a love language, fill that gap by turning quiet care into something real and noticeable. This love language ...