- To encourage us and convince us every now and then to evolve and get better
- To share with us the facts we often cannot see
- To give us a different perspective of the decisions we are about to make or made in the past
- To tell us we are not alone
- To open the door with a smile on their face when we come home
- To make our home feel like home
- To walk us home when we are not strong enough to walk
- To ask us about our doubts and clear them
- To make us feel good
- To tell us we are strong and they love us just like that
- To zip us and unzip us
- To help us decide between chocolate and vanilla
- To not tell us we will get fat when we eat the whole meal in seconds
- To look at us and appreciate our presence silently
- To travel with us and make the experience worthwhile
- To share a large pizza with us (AND, to order the pizza. I strongly dislike ordering pizza)
- To treat us well and respect other women too
- To call us out to admit something we have been ignoring for a long time
- To laugh with us at ourselves
- To be comfortable with them, enough to do all kinds of silly things
- To ask them to help us out
- To fall asleep with them
- To wake up beside them every morning
- To share an apartment with them and every other possession
- To spend holidays together
- To help us fix stuff that we don’t know how to fix
- To give us examples and predict the results of situations we are stepping in
- To let us be weak and vulnerable without judging us
- To love us when are not being loveable
- To understand why we are being unlovable
- To not force their presence upon us but to make sure we will always have their support
- To share with us their life so that we know how differently independent they are
- To sit with us and drink at the end of a long day
- To tell us we have something between our teeth
- To help us decide what we should wear on the big day
- To help us with grocery shopping
- To help us decide if someone is actually being a jerk or not
- To be our mirror and tell us what we lack and what we possess more than enough
- To be our reality check
- To remind us every now and then that fairytales are not real
- To encourage us to take stand for ourselves
- To not consider us a maniac for shouting when we are angry
- To understand that women can be equally stressed as men
- To understand that we do not cry all the time
- To accept the fact our professionalism can be better than men’s at times
- To appreciate our independence and never judge it
- To anticipate what we need when all we want to do is jump in bed and cry all night
- And lastly, to be there for us.
Being independent should be looked at as a good thing. I truly believe that my independence has made it even harder for me to find someone. I really do believe it scares men off. Quite honestly, I don't want a man who can't appreciate my independence.
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