# What the heck do women want? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 10, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-do-women-want/113183 "2002-06-10T03:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-do-women-want/113183/41 "2002-06-11T15:33:57Z")
astro, you might enjoy a new video that came out, Vagina Monologues…I rented it at the video store this week. ---
**Author:** ![freckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47c2d/32.png) [@freckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckles)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-do-women-want/113183/42 "2002-06-11T15:38:25Z")
I want a man who isn’t annoying, is sensitive, is funny and intelligent and buys lots of chocolate for his girlfriend 🙂 That isn’t asking too much! ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-do-women-want/113183/43 "2002-06-11T16:05:16Z")
A guy who’s 1. Sweet 2. Protective (not jealous or defensive) 3. Inclined to randomly buy flowers 4. Intelligent 5. Articulate 6. Is a complete Tolkien/Lewis/T.S. Eliot addict 7. Doesn’t mind listening to me read poetry aloud for HOURS (very rare characteristic in anybody) 8. Reads Winnie-The-Pooh aloud, and does the voices. 9. Is chivalrous- opens doors and so on Can you tell I’m book-obsessed? ---
**Author:** ![Candid\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Candid\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candid_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-do-women-want/113183/44 "2002-06-11T17:31:11Z")
Qualities in a man? Honest Loving Sense of humor Understanding Humble Someone who enjoys life and is willing to ask what you need or want and listen then act upon the answer. Of course these things are to be given in return as well ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-do-women-want/113183/45 "2002-06-11T17:41:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daowajan \* > \*\*I figured most women had some dream of keeping half of a fire department or something in the basement. \*\* Good idea. Now I want a basement. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-do-women-want/113183/46 "2002-06-12T01:56:15Z")
> [@](#): > > Tupperware. Les Nessman ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-do-women-want/113183/47 "2002-06-12T03:27:17Z")
-More nifty upgrades for my PC -A house of my own -A Dodge Viper -A Humvee for my absolutely wonderful boyfriend who is absolutely wonderful because he doesn’t ponder what women want, he just plops his ass in the Man Chair in front of the PS2 and leaves me alone 😉 -Sex–lots and lots and lots and lots of it -The hardback collected Sandman, along with the Quotable Sandman and the Annotated Sandman -Kai, last of the BrunnenG. I don’t want him alive, I want him to stay dead so I can talk nonstop to him and he’ll never get bored and I can ravish his big pouty lips and dryhump his thigh… Erm. Sorry. Got distracted there. Seriously, though: women are not the Borg. We are individuals and as individuals, we all want different things. For example, I _definitely_ don’t want flannel pjs _or_ chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![lilelly28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba9def/32.png) [@lilelly28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilelly28)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-do-women-want/113183/48 "2002-06-12T03:54:40Z")
I think women at the core want a man not particularly based on what he says or acts out, but based on how good he makes her feel all around. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-do-women-want/113183.md?page=2)