What Women Need to Know: 20 Things Men Find Irresistible

Listen up, ladies! Men love it when you:

1. Have the ability to tease, be playful and take a joke
2. Know that men are not, in fact, from Mars, and women are not from Venus
3. Wear our T-shirts and boxers
4. Call us out of the blue (if we're dating; not if we're practically strangers)
5. Kiss creatively
6. Have a social conscience and enjoy a good debate
7. Have an easy-going attitude about watching or participating in athletic events occasionally
8. Are comfortable leading the whole way in bed
9. Ask for advice about non-stereotypically male stuff (yes, guys usually know what CD player to buy, but we like to be taken seriously about other things too)
10. Are charming and thoughtful to his mother
11. Can hold up your hair using only a pencil
12. Are sexy and smart at the same time -- for example, you do the Sunday crossword wearing a pair of flirty pajamas
13. Have the ability to remind us what gifts you like, without implying an obligation
14. Have a spirit of independence, but one that doesn't make the man in your life feel unnecessary
15. Know the difference between flirting and just "being friendly"
16. Eat a big meal and fearlessly order dessert
17. Take naps next to us
18. Send us flowers (believe it or not, men like getting flowers, too!)
19. Know what you want
20. Know what you want to do