They say that there are five basic love languages through which people give and receive love — words of affirmation; touch; acts of service; gifts; and quality time together. Those are all well and good, and certainly true enough, in a basic sense. But I would like to throw my hat in the ring to offer a few more love languages, based solely on my own personal experiences with love. No, scratch that, because I haven’t had nearly enough experience enjoying the right kind of love. But what I do have is a fine and vivid imagination, coupled with a pretty good awareness of who I am, and what feels good to me. So here goes! My primary love language would be mutual admiration. Wouldn’t it be great to find the kind of person who’s doing things in the world that make you go, “wowza, what a cool cat!” (Or however you’d put it.) And then to have that person appreciating all the unique gifts you have, too? Well, that sounds to me like the perfect foundation for both attraction and respect. But what about the day-to-day business of love, you might ask? That’s where one of my other favorite love languages, humor, comes in, dear reader. Nothing embodies perfect chemistry between two people better than a constant banter of dark and bawdy laughter to lighten the day, or to give some realness to the superficialities of modern life. The bonus is that great humor requires great intelligence, which I suppose is another love language in its own right, although the humor would prevent the intelligence from taking itself too seriously. Lastly (and what this postcard hints at heavily), I would want plenty of warm and vibrant color to feature in our fluently spoken love language. Bring me all your marvelous shades of YOU, I would say, and I will bring ME. That way, we can create something beautiful, together. ❤️‍🔥—Y.B.D.