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Okay, over at Bad Girls Guide – which I find to be both informative and entertaining, and occasionally voice my objections – there was this little meme going on: List 5 things that you absolutely LOVE/admire about the opposite sex. (For full details see the linky. Go ahead, click it.) Here’s a rough breakdown of the 40 or so comments:

• 12 regarding us showing appreciation of our girls
• 5 regarding our arms/snuggling/human pillow qualities
• 5 regarding our soft spots and protective natures
• 3 regarding how we can distance ourselves from negative emotions
• 3 regarding our problem solving and knowledge (or at least faking it)
• 3 regarding our strength/bodies/utility
• 2 regarding our smell
• 2 regarding killing bugs
• 1 very favorite response: “One word: boners.”

It should common sense, but there’s at least one lesson to be pulled out of this: the thing women most love about men, on average, is that we show our women that we love them. I know this wasn’t a scientifically rigorous research project with a large sample size, but I believe the results would extrapolate, particularly since I think it’s what most guys want in a long-term relationship. I’d like to expand this, but my friend karenika already has done so wonderfully, so go read it. (She’s got a ridiculously cute kid to boot.)

So, I’ll push this meme along with some things I admire/love about (good) women, in no particular order:

• They can make you act like a total fool and you don’t even care. You actually kind of even enjoy it.
• Their soft skin and Naughty Bits.
• The waft of a lightly perfumed girl as she breezes past.
• How they can turn your day around with just a glance or a touch.
• They’re cute even when they’re being dorky.
• They’re the only creature that will make you crash you car into a mailbox in order to get a better look, and you’ll think it’s a fair trade.
• Both their independence and fragility.
• When you’re out dancing with your girl, it doesn’t matter how poor of a dancer you are. She’ll forgive you. Probably.
• The complete and utter trust and commitment they provide.
• Tickling.
• They can always surprise you, for better or worse.
• Eyes. Big Bambi baby-doe eyes. Or bedroom eyes. Or both.
• They can support and challenge you like no other.
• How they involuntarily dance or wiggle their hips when a song they like comes on, even when just waiting in line at the grocery store.
• Two words: multiple orgasms.