Unexpected Things Men Love About Women
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenA killer body and a pretty face might get a man's attention, but it's a woman's less obvious attributes—the ones others might entirely miss—that often are the most important. Here, real men share the endearing quirks and qualities of their girlfriends, fiancees, wives (and exes) that they've grown to love.SEARCH: Signs he's about to proposehttp://static2.glo.com/photos/Original/54910_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenNo matter what she is eating, my wife will always leave one in the container. Just out of principle, so she doesn't actually finish it. I'll come home, and there will be one pickle left in jar, or one Raisinette in the bag. —Adam, 31SEARCH: A popular social network has been fueling divorces.http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/54821_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenI like watching my wife put her makeup on. It's mesmerizing. The time she puts into fixing herself up shows how much she cares about looking good for me. —Manny, 50BING: Watch makeup application videoshttp://static.glo.com/photos/Original/54822_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenI have really embarrassing videos of my girlfriend doing her Marvin the Martian impression. I love that she is goofy enough to talk to me in that voice and cute enough to pull it off. —Chris, 28FIND: Should you be Facebook friends with an ex?http://static2.glo.com/photos/Original/54823_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenMy wife rails against insipid, soulless reality TV shows, but I've walked in on her several times, when she thought she was alone, watching The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She looks at me with a guilty smirk on her face like I just caught her doing something really bad. —Jeff, 49SEARCH: The worst reality TV shows everhttp://static2.glo.com/photos/Original/54824_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenI know my girlfriend likes to look her best in front of me, but when she's under the weather, she really lets her guard down and lets me take care of her. It feels great being there for her in those vulnerable moments so that she knows I'm not just into her when she is at her best. —Lee, 29 SEARCH: Which Lost actor recently married, despite a 35-year age difference?http://static2.glo.com/photos/Original/54825_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenIf I ever have a question about what the right thing to do is, I call my wife and confidently assert what I'm going to do. She sees right through it and says you're only calling me because you know that's the wrong thing to do. She's always right, and not just because I have to agree... because she is. —Josh, 39SEARCH: Should you marry your best friend?http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/54826_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenMy wife has a persistent ingenuity in coming up with a different reason every day as to why she deserves chocolate. —Ian, 39SEARCH: What did Prince William and Kate give instead of receiving wedding gifts?http://static.glo.com/photos/Original/54827_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenI love that my wife has to try to re-create every good meal she eats. When we're at a restaurant, she'll eat something she likes and remark that she could totally re-create the dish herself. She then inevitably (shamelessly) asks the waiter, 'What’s in this sauce?' or, sometimes even more brazenly, 'So, how do you make this?' —Sean, 29BING: Just who are the top celebrity chefs?http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/54828_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenI loved the songs my ex would make up as she'd drive. They were always completely random and loud, and most people would've hated them, but I was impressed she was able to come up with decently rhymed lyrics with no particular tune in mind and narrate everything that was happening around us. She made terrible car trips more enjoyable (and definitely entertaining). —Arjun, 26BING: See the top karaoke songshttp://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/54830_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenI love how my fiancee makes the simple act of putting on perfume so theatrical. She sprays the lightest amount in the air, walks through it with this real straight-faced look and wafts the perfume cloud around her. Watching her do this makes me feel closer to her. It's part of our morning routine now, and it puts a smile on my face to see her do it. —Doug, 27SEARCH: Check out the world's most expensive perfumehttp://static2.glo.com/photos/Original/54831_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenShop till you drop? Not my wife! I love when she tells me she's going to go shopping, because she usually talks herself out of buying anything, convinced that she just doesn't need it... which then gives me perfect gift ideas for her for the future. —Dan, 52 BING: Shop women's boots for fallhttp://static.glo.com/photos/Original/54832_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenMy girlfriend always plans things down to the very last detail, whereas I take a much more laid-back approach to life. But I love knowing that she has everything under control, and her planning has even grown on me—now I find myself planning a lot more for nights that we're going out together. —Joel, 29BING: Browse the world's most popular beacheshttp://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/54833_Original.jpg
- Unexpected Things Men Love About WomenI love the way my girlfriend whines when she finds an empty food box that I'd shoved back in the fridge or cabinet during my haste to put food in my belly. She'll stomp over to me with the evidence—then crack a smile. —Brett, 29FIND: Things women love about menhttp://static.glo.com/photos/Original/54834_Original.jpg
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1 of 14A killer body and a pretty face might get a man's attention, but it's a woman's less obvious attributes—the ones others might entirely miss—that often are the most important. Here, real men share the endearing quirks and qualities of their girlfriends, fiancees, wives (and exes) that they've grown to love.
Her Saved-The-Last-One Habit
2 of 14"No matter what she is eating, my wife will always leave one in the container. Just out of principle, so she doesn't actually finish it. I'll come home, and there will be one pickle left in jar, or one Raisinette in the bag. " —Adam, 31
Her Getting-Ready Ritual
3 of 14"I like watching my wife put her makeup on. It's mesmerizing. The time she puts into fixing herself up shows how much she cares about looking good for me." —Manny, 50
Her Unabashed Silliness
4 of 14"I have really embarrassing videos of my girlfriend doing her Marvin the Martian impression. I love that she is goofy enough to talk to me in that voice and cute enough to pull it off." —Chris, 28
Her Reality TV Guilt
5 of 14"My wife rails against insipid, soulless reality TV shows, but I've walked in on her several times, when she thought she was alone, watching The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She looks at me with a guilty smirk on her face like I just caught her doing something really bad." —Jeff, 49
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Her Vulnerable Moments
6 of 14"I know my girlfriend likes to look her best in front of me, but when she's under the weather, she really lets her guard down and lets me take care of her. It feels great being there for her in those vulnerable moments so that she knows I'm not just into her when she is at her best." —Lee, 29
SEARCH: Which Lost actor recently married, despite a 35-year age difference?
Her B.S. Detector
7 of 14"If I ever have a question about what the right thing to do is, I call my wife and confidently assert what I'm going to do. She sees right through it and says you're only calling me because you know that's the wrong thing to do. She's always right, and not just because I have to agree... because she is." —Josh, 39
Her Sweet Tooth Defense
8 of 14"My wife has a persistent ingenuity in coming up with a different reason every day as to why she deserves chocolate." —Ian, 39
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Her Culinary Confidence
9 of 14"I love that my wife has to try to re-create every good meal she eats. When we're at a restaurant, she'll eat something she likes and remark that she could totally re-create the dish herself. She then inevitably (shamelessly) asks the waiter, 'What’s in this sauce?' or, sometimes even more brazenly, 'So, how do you make this?'" —Sean, 29
Her Spontaneous Singing
10 of 14"I loved the songs my ex would make up as she'd drive. They were always completely random and loud, and most people would've hated them, but I was impressed she was able to come up with decently rhymed lyrics with no particular tune in mind and narrate everything that was happening around us. She made terrible car trips more enjoyable (and definitely entertaining). —Arjun, 26
Her Dramatic Performance
11 of 14"I love how my fiancee makes the simple act of putting on perfume so theatrical. She sprays the lightest amount in the air, walks through it with this real straight-faced look and wafts the perfume cloud around her. Watching her do this makes me feel closer to her. It's part of our morning routine now, and it puts a smile on my face to see her do it." —Doug, 27
Her (Non)-Shopping Habit
12 of 14"Shop till you drop? Not my wife! I love when she tells me she's going to go shopping, because she usually talks herself out of buying anything, convinced that she just doesn't need it... which then gives me perfect gift ideas for her for the future." —Dan, 52
Her Meticulous Planning
13 of 14"My girlfriend always plans things down to the very last detail, whereas I take a much more laid-back approach to life. But I love knowing that she has everything under control, and her planning has even grown on me—now I find myself planning a lot more for nights that we're going out together. " —Joel, 29
Her Mock Disappointment
14 of 14"I love the way my girlfriend whines when she finds an empty food box that I'd shoved back in the fridge or cabinet during my haste to put food in my belly. She'll stomp over to me with the evidence—then crack a smile." —Brett, 29
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