# What do women really want. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900 "2008-02-09T04:35:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/1 "2008-02-09T04:35:17Z")
Yes, I have answered this much-asked question. We can thank another of my many epiphanies for this discovery. Women like socks. Not anklets, but nice comfy [mansocks](http://www.hanes.com/Hanes/Products/Men-Hanes/Men_ShopByCategory-Hanes/Men_Socks-Hanes/Men_Socks_Bestsellers-Hanes/H856.aspx). I shall now find me a nice old woman and woo her with socks. Socks and my complete set of _Prime Suspect_ DVDs. šŸ™‚ Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/2 "2008-02-09T04:48:13Z")
Well, Iā€™m a nice old woman, and I hate socks. Hate. Hate. Canā€™t wait for summer to go barefoot. If itā€™s not too cold I do without them in the winter, too. So there. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/3 "2008-02-09T04:56:48Z")
I have enough mansocks and honestly preferred _Wire in the Blood_ to _Prime Suspect_. Give me chocolate coated strawberries and an undiscovered Miyazaki, any day. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/4 "2008-02-09T04:59:26Z")
Thin knee-socks (to go with my boots), and chocolate cherries. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/5 "2008-02-09T05:22:12Z")
Actually, I do love sox. I love the way they make my feet feel when I rub them together under the covers. I recieved an almond flavored soap for Christmas and put it in my sock drawer. Now I have scrumptious almond smelling sox! Yay! P.S. **Mangeorge** , I dunno about no Tee Vee watchin. :dubious: Can I just rub my almond-sox-feet together while you watch DVDs? ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/6 "2008-02-09T05:24:54Z")
[QUOTE=MLS] Well, Iā€™m a nice old woman, and I hate socks. Hate. Hate. Canā€™t wait for summer to go barefoot. If itā€™s not too cold I do without them in the winter, too. So there. [/QUOTE] Amen, sister. Liberate your feet! ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/7 "2008-02-09T05:59:44Z")
They want a nice hot double vanilla soy latte with a generous shot of Bailys. The sound of the coffee grinder as an alarm clock. A nice little wake-up kiss as the milk is steaming to make sure sheā€™s getting up. Thats what mine wants anyway. ---
**Author:** ![conurepete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@conurepete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conurepete)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/8 "2008-02-09T14:27:49Z")
Toe socks. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/9 "2008-02-09T14:30:04Z")
What do women want? ā€œTheir own way.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/10 "2008-02-09T14:34:42Z")
What do women really want? I give you these thoughts from the comic strip _Stone Soup:_ **Joan:** Life is too complex, Sis. I donā€™t know _what_ I really want. **Val:** Sure you do. $60,000 a year, retirement at 50, and a society that _worships_ big thighs and older women. [More Stone Soup](http://www.gocomics.com/stonesoup/) ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/11 "2008-02-10T00:56:39Z")
What women really want is toasted ice. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/12 "2008-02-10T02:06:07Z")
[QUOTE=Cub Mistress] What women really want is toasted ice. [/QUOTE] Yeah! What? ---
**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/13 "2008-02-10T03:26:26Z")
My wife is always stealing my long athletic socks to wear around the house. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/14 "2008-02-10T17:37:16Z")
I want a day off work, a nice cup of hot cocoa, and the couch all to myself. Or a million dollars and my own personal harem. Whichever one comes first. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/15 "2008-02-10T17:48:33Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] I want a day off work, a nice cup of hot cocoa, and the couch all to myself. Or a million dollars and my own personal harem. Whichever one comes first. [/QUOTE] Donā€™t you really mean ā€œ_and_ a millionā€¦ā€. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/16 "2008-02-10T17:56:43Z")
[QUOTE=mangeorge] Donā€™t you really mean ā€œ_and_ a millionā€¦ā€. šŸ™‚ [/QUOTE] If I had the million dollars and a personal harem, I certainly wouldnā€™t have the couch to myself. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/17 "2008-02-10T18:14:25Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] If I had the million dollars and a personal harem, I certainly wouldnā€™t have the couch to myself. [/QUOTE] If you have a harem, youā€™re the boss. And everyone needs a rest once in a while. Send them out to the pool. ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/18 "2008-02-10T21:09:15Z")
What do women want? Good lord, when you find out let me know - Iā€™m a woman and still havent figured this out. As a side note: I like ankle or scrunchy socks. I want to feel needed and wanted. I want to be held because my partner likes to hold me, and knows when I need/want to be held. I want respect, devotion, and admiration. I want my SO with me for the rest of my life. I also want a personally library filled with my favorite books, authors, classics, and potential favorites. This would also extend to the music library as well. I want my family to be healthy and happy. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/19 "2008-02-10T21:27:38Z")
According to Shania Twain, a woman wants a man who will support her behavioral double standards and soothe her insecurities with reassuring lies. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900/20 "2008-02-10T21:28:40Z")
Today is my 60th birthday, and what I really want is lemon meringue pie. But socks would be nice, too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-women-really-want/436900.md?page=2)