Love languages give you valuable information about how you — and your partner — want to receive love and affection.

While we’re deep in the throes of summer, some of us are thinking ahead to “cuffing season,” which typically falls in the fall and winter months, and is perfect timing for a committed relationship.

How well we do in love and life depends on our conditioned responses to pain, distress, and discomfort, and whether we blame, deny, and avoid or try to improve and grow. Blame, denial, and avoidance ...