What's your love language - and does it actually mean anything?

Despite this, our result was confidently defined when we took the original Love Languages Quiz online, a personality test published by US pastor Gary Chapman who first came up with the five types of expressing and receiving love in 1992. The five love languages are: Quality Time, Acts of Service, Words of Affirmation, Receiving Gifts, and Physical Touch - and they feel more ubiquitous than ever. Contestants on dating shows ask each other their love languages; "My love language is…" is a common prompt on dating apps.

According to the Love Languages website, my husband and I are just two out of more than 150 million people to have taken this particular quiz. For example I love spending "quality time" with my husband, and feel much more loved by him making lists of films to watch with me than when he pays me a compliment. But where did the idea of these five neat categories come from?

And are they relevant for modern dating and relationships? Unlike other relationship theories - such as attachment theory - the concept of love languages doesn't have scientific origins.