LKL wrote:
Fnord wrote:
What women wish men would understand.
If you're truly interested, don't play hard to get; SAY SOMETHING or regret forever that you didn't.
If we don't say something, it's not because we're 'playing hard to get,' but because society and fashion magazines have convinced us that we're too fat, too old, to pale, too dark, too flat, too busty, etc etc etc to ever deserve love from anyone. If a guy isn't overtly interested, we assume that he's turned off by one of the above.
Yes! Exactly. Or other girls (or sometimes guys) telling you he wouldn't go for you, that you're not his type, that he only dates {blondes, tall girls, asians, 'bombshells', insert characteristic of choice}. Or maybe - just like guys - we might sometimes think the object of our affections is out of our league; not that we don't deserve love at all, but that the man in question is maybe a bit too good for us

Can you pleasepleaseplease just show when you're interested? Hand holding or arm around the shoulders works for me. Just... please make it obvious. Please.
Fnord wrote:
Shopping is a chore, not an activity; so just buy something already!
Agreed. I'm a know-what-you-want-get-it-and-get-out kinda girl.
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When I screw up, go ahead and tell me ... ONCE. More than that is called "nagging".
Actually, nagging's more about repeatedly reminding you to do something (put the garbage out, get a haircut, do your taxes). Reminding someone of mistake they made over and over is just petty.
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If an argument was important enough to start, then it is important enough to finish - when the argument is over, it is OVER. Don't keep it dragging on for days ... or years …
Agreed to an extent. But just because the argument's over doesn't mean the issue is resolved. It's worth actually sitting down and working out out, don't you think? Then no-one will feel the need to keep bringing it up over and over again.
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Don't be afraid to ditch the makeup. Natural is sexier.
A lot (if not most) of us have good and bad days, complexion-wise. Some days natural really isn't sexier...
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Leave the eyebrows alone. Plucked ain't pretty.
Overplucked ain't pretty. But strays aren't great either. I think I'll keep plucking those ones

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We crave hugs and hand-holding too. And no, it doesn't always have to lead to sex ... but if it does, so much the better!
I wish all guys felt like this. Too many boyfriends have done the whole 'hard done by' act when I just wanted to be held. I didn't lead them on or start something and not finish it. I don't want to have to qualify what kind of hug I'm after all the time.
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I just may lie to make you feel good. Don't be angry about this. You really weren't looking for the truth anyway.
I'd really prefer the truth, or for you not to discuss the topic at all. I'm never going to ask if I look fat. I
know when I look fat, or when something looks unflattering.
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When you get angry over some stupid little pointless thing, I question your intelligence ... and sometimes even your sanity.
Point taken, if I'm hormonal and less-than-rational. But then, I recognise it and apologise pretty quickly for that. As a previous poster said, sometimes the things you find trivial are actually something really important to us. Try to understand why we're upset; there might be a deeper issue.
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A random unexpected grope from you is always welcome, even in public. Especially in public.
Cool. So long as you appreciate that the feeling isn't reciprocated

In public, that is. In private's okay.
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"I'm sorry" means "I'm sorry"; it does NOT mean, "Guilty on all counts, your honor", especially when we don't even know what we're saying "I'm sorry" for.
As a couple of people have said,
know what you're apologising for. Otherwise how can you be sorry?
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Do not expect to have a conversation via the Internet message unless you use the words "lonely", "naked" and "waiting".
*blinks* But I have long IM chats with guys all the time… Maybe this is just you.
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Anytime you cook for us, we're happy.
Feeling's mutual.
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No, I don't remember what he said next. Or she. Or anybody, for that matter. I'm a guy, not a tape recorder.
No worries. But don't freak out about the fact that I remember all the little details, even months or years down the track. I'm sick of guys acting like I'm a creepy stalker in that regard.
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