Colorado’s Six Love Languages®
Survey says some Coloradans are reluctant to say “I love you.” I can help. WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATED by PETER MOORE, SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN
WHEN IT COMES TO ROMANCE, I’m as soppy as they come. So I was just the man to consider how Coloradans share the love, for my latest columntoon™ for the Colorado Sun. Click the link at the end, to show the Sun the love, as well.
Happy Valentines Day, all. Amore vincit omnia!
YOU’VE TAKEN the Love Language® quiz, right? The one where you answer a bunch of weirdly repetitive questions to discover what says ooh là là to you?
My wife and I clicked through it, and learned that we are utterly unmotivated by gift-giving. Now, Valentine’s Day is a bargain! Cancel that Amazon delivery! Our particular Love Language® — quality time — is a Colorado specialty. Point us toward the mountains and we go all gooey.
But our lovely state is reluctant to hug us back. A recent survey by casino.org showed that 11% of Coloradans have never been the first to tell a partner: “I love you.” That means that 660,000 of us need a serious kick in the romantic pants.
Try these Colorado Love Languages® on for size. Then shop for an engagement ring. Or at least change the sheets. You may have company soon.
Colorado Love Language® No. 1: Nothing says “real love” like real estate
Colorado Love Language® No. 2: Getting busy. (No, the other kind of busy.)
For more unusual ways to show you love someone, click here.
“Love is finding one person infinitely fascinating .” John seems lost in thought again— then comes to. “And so…not an achievement, my dear.” He gives me a mild, kind smile. “Rather, a privilege.” —Sophie Kinsella, Surprise Me.
I borrowed Surprise Me as an audiobook from my library, and spent six hours in the car laughing, as I drove to Winter Park and back. The skiing was OK, but the comedy of hearts was sublime. A great book for those of us in marriage for the long haul.
Thank you, T.S. Eliot, for the reminder that the journey, not the arrival, is what matters.
And to the O’Jays, for directions on how to get there.
Great to be with all 10,000 of you here on the Road2Elsewhere. It means the world to me.
So what did you cook for your wife on this sacred love island of a day?
Happy Valentine's day to you and Mrs. Moore!