Is Welfare One of the 5 Love Languages? Seemingly Unrelated Episode 13

In 1992, a Baptist pastor sought to distill his marriage counseling advice into five, easy concepts that couples could use to build happier relationships. In 1996, a call to end dependence on cash welfare and 'Get America Back to Work' resulted in sweeping reforms and a new state based block grant system for welfare in the US. By 2009 somehow, some way, the state of Oklahoma managed to put these two together...On this episode of Seemingly Unrelated we are performing an act of service to let you, the audience, know that we really love you by deep diving into the 5 Love Languages and their strange connection to welfare reform. What are the 5 Love Languages? Do we actually have a primary way of expressing and receiving love? What is the most boring name for a legislative agenda in US history? Is the solution to an epidemic of loneliness just to give people cash?All these questions and more will be answered plus a whole lot of shenanigans on episode 13 of Seemingly Unrelated: Is Welfare One of the 5 Love Languages?Subscribe to the audio only version on: https://shows.acast.com/seemingly-unrelated Find the videos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SeeminglyUnrelatedPod Want even more Seemingly Unrelated content? Get bonus episodes for as little as $2/month as well as the list of sources for this episode (free) on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SeeminglyUnrelatedBibliography:ASPE. ‘Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI): Putting Marriage on the Agenda: How Oklahoma Laid the Foundation for Its Marriage Initiative’, 28 July 2008. http://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/oklahoma-marriage-initiative-omi-putting-marriage-agenda-how-oklahoma-laid-foundation-its-marriage-0.Bound Alberti, Fay. ‘This “Modern Epidemic”: Loneliness as an Emotion Cluster and a Neglected Subject in the History of Emotions’. Emotion Review 10, no. 3 (1 July 2018): 242–54. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073918768876.Bowling Green State University. ‘Divorce Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2022’. Accessed 18 March 2025. https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/loo-divorce-rate-US-geographic-variation-2022-fp-23-24.html.Clark, Krissy. ‘You’d Be Surprised by How “Welfare” Money Is Spent in Some States’. Slate Magazine, 6 February 2016. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/moneybox/2016/06welfaremoney_often_isn_t_spent_on_welfare.html.Fetters, Ashley. ‘It Isn’t About Your Love Language; It’s About Your Partner’s’. The Atlantic (blog), 20 October 2019. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/10/how-the-five-love-languages-gets-misinterpreted/600283/.GovInfo. ‘GovInfo’. Accessed 18 March 2025. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-104publ193/html/PLAW-104publ193.htm.Harvard University Press. ‘Evangelicals Incorporated’. Accessed 18 March 2025. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674980112.Impett, Emily A., Haeyoung Gideon Park, and Amy Muise. ‘Popular Psychology Through a Scientific Lens: Evaluating Love Languages From a Relationship Science Perspective’. Current Directions in Psychological Science 33, no. 2 (1 April 2024): 87–92. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214231217663.Lin, Shen. ‘The “Loneliness Epidemic”, Intersecting Risk Factors and Relations to Mental Health Help-Seeking: A Population-Based Study during COVID-19 Lockdown in Canada’. Journal of Affective Disorders 320 (2023): 7–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.08.131.Marketplace. ‘The Uncertain Hour - Investigative Podcast’. Accessed 18 March 2025. https://www.marketplace.org/shows/the-uncertain-hour/.Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12. ‘H.R.3734 - 104th Congress (1995-1996): Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996’. Legislation, 22 August 1996. 1996-06-27. https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/3734.‘The Questionable Origin of Love Languages - Coveteur: Inside Closets, Fashion, Beauty, Health, and Travel’. Accessed 18 March 2025. https://coveteur.com/love-languages.