Mars vs. Venus will always be a thing but here’s a little something for the men to understand women just a little better. What women want will always change as we get older but knowing and understanding the basics help.

• She thinks it’s fair that he sleeps alone because he didn’t notice she’d gotten a haircut.
• She wants to kiss and schmooze and then not have sex.
• She orders a huge salad with low-fat dressing, then eats steak and French fries from his plate.
• Why she cares whether or not laundry is folded.
• Going from crazy-screaming mad to weepy to icy calm in the space of 60 seconds.
• She can watch one channel and just stay there, even through the commercials.
• The concept of nighttime outfits and daytime outfits.
• The fact that she can’t wash her face and body with the same kind of soap.
• If she’s having a fight on the phone and hangs up on him, he’s the jerk if he doesn’t call right back.
• Her having more to say after sex.
• She feels fat when she’s gained 2 pounds.
• It isn’t enough just to ask what she wants for her birthday.
• The idea of buying a raincoat that can’t get wet, a winter coat that isn’t warm, shoes that aren’t comfortable and panty hose that run.
• Doing a full makeup job when she’s only going out for a loaf of bread.
• She can’t wear the same dress to her office Christmas party two years in a row.