What A Girl Wants

I can only remember a few times in my life when I was 100% happy in a relationship. This is actually really rather sad. But by 100% I mean no doubt in my mind about not wanting to be with this person, and me being really in love, and me liking that person for who they are, and them making me happy.

But you know what …only being truly happy in a relationship a few times is NOT good! The good times should outweigh the bad. I mean…by a lot! It should be a million to one! I don’t necessarily say that I regret any of my past relationships…that would be wrong. I’ve learned from them I think. Well…now I have. I’ve realized that I need to be treated a lot better than I have been in past relationships. EVERYONE deserves to be treated well by their boyfriends! (including you Baloo- DON’T YOU DARE SETTLE!!!)

My mom sent me this little thing via email- 26 Things A Perfect Guy Would Do. I remember getting this email about five years ago and just seeing it again reminds me of how ridiculous some of the stuff is. My mom says my dad does all 26 things which I believe because of all the stories I’ve heard and the scrapbook my mom made of their relationship.

1. Know how to make you smile when you are down.
2. Try to secretly smell your hair, but you always notice.
3. Stick up for you, but still respects your independence.
4. Give you the remote control during the game.
5. Come up behind you and put his arms around you.
6. Play with your hair.
7. His hands always find yours.
8. Be cute when he really wants something.
9. Offer you plenty of massages.
10. Dance with you, even if he feels like a dork.
11. Never run out of love.
12. Be funny, but know how and to be serious.
13. Realize he’s being funny when he needs to be serious.
14. Be patient when you take forever to get ready.
15. React so cutely when you hit him and it actually hurts.
16. SMILE a lot!
17. Plans a romantic date full of cheesy things he wouldn’t normally like
18. APPRECIATE you.
19. Help others out.
20. Drive 5 hours just to see you for 1.
21. Always gives you a peck on the cheek when you depart from each others company, even when his friends are watching.
22. Sing, even if he can’t!
23. Have a creative sense of humor.
24. Stare at you.
25. Call for NO reason.
26. Quit smoking, chewing, drinking or drugs – just because he loves you that much to quit.

This list made me 1. laugh 2. go through the list and find out how many my past boyfriends have done. haha. and 3. want to start my own list. So, I narrowed the list down to what I feel are the important ones and then added some of my own. This is MY list of 15 things (because that’s my fav. number) the perfect guy would do to make me 100% happy. Is this asking for too much??

OLDIES:
1. Know how to make you smile when you are feeling down (but a lot of people can do this for me)
2. His hands always find yours (I love holding hands…)
3. Be funny but know how to be serious, and realize when he’s being funny when he needs to be serious (This is very important because some things just need to be taken seriously)
4. Be patient when you take forever to get ready (which I do usually)
5. APPRECIATE YOU!! (Probably the most important one)
6. Drive 5 hours just to see you for 1 (Now that’s love!! And if Tiffie can do it than a boyfriend can!)
7. Call for NO reason
8. Quit smoking, chewing, drinking, or drugs- just because he loves you that much to quit (even though I would never date a smoker, chewer, or someone who did drugs but this is still a good idea)

ADDED ONES:
9. Be completely honest (I don’t tolerate liars at all)
10. Share your feelings on occasion (You don’t have to be all emotional/feely all the time..only when it’s important)
11. Know how to take a compliment!
12. Be romantic. (either cheesy or creatively.. girls like romance. and need it!)
13. Fight for me! (whether physically or not. I need a fighter..not a sissy who just gives up)
14. Treats my family and friends with the same friendliness and respect that you give me
15. Do the little things that count (whether it’s a surprise gift, making my fav. food, or even sending me random text messages of love)

The only reason I made this entry was because of the girls out there who need to know how they deserve to be treated in relationships. Especially for you (you know who you are) And also a little for me so that next time (even though I’m nowhere near ready for a next time) I know not to settle. Next time I deserve to be 100% happy. If I can do all 15 of these things for a guy…he should be able to do all 15 for me.