The Seven Reasons She’ll Brag About You

We know you secretly hope for them, we know you often select or reject us based upon whether or not you get them.

The high-fives and incredulous exclamations of, “How did you get her?”

How do we know? Well, truth be told, we have our own version. Only rather than waiting for our friends to give us the props, we’re more likely to rub it in their noses (yeah, I know, we women can be catty). You see, we love to brag about our men, but not for the reasons you might think.

In the initial stages, sure we’re going to gush about how good-looking you are, how well you do at your job or maybe what kind of car you drive – essentially, the stereotypical superficial things. But, those aren’t the things that keep us talking.

It’s really the little things you do in our relationship that make us wax poetic. Do these seven things and we’ll brag to our girlfriends every time.

You Call When You Say You’ll Call

Initially, you’ll put forth the effort and do everything you say you’ll do, namely call when you say you’ll call, but we all know with time that begins to fade. We’ve come to accept it. That’s why when you actually call when you say you’ll call – on a continual basis – it’s noteworthy. Yes, we take notes. Then we share them.

You Send Us Flowers for No Reason at All

We know you hate the Hallmark-invented holiday that shall-not-be-named and we appreciate that you suck it up and get us flowers anyway. We even like it when you get us flowers to apologize for something. But, we love it most when you give us flowers for no reason at all. When you do that, especially if they are sent to our work, you can be certain every woman within a three-mile radius knows about it and is jealous.

You Turn Off Your Phone When You’re with Us

We live in a connected world. In fact, some of us are just as attached to our iPhones and BlackBerries as you are. But, when it’s together time, we don’t want to share you with your electronic device. Texting and checking email at all times is so commonplace, we feel beyond special when you make a point of putting it away and we’re your sole focus. You can bet our friends will hear about it too, especially if it becomes a habit.

You Have Fashion Sense

Just like you love to see us all dolled up in a little black dress and high heels, we love to see you decked out in a sharp suit and tie. We know the majority of you don’t like to think about your clothes and comfort reigns supreme in the clothing selection, so when you make the effort to look extra dapper, especially when the occasion doesn’t necessarily demand it, we don’t just acknowledge it to you, we make sure all our girlfriends know about it.

You Give “No Strings Attached” Back Rubs

We women love to be pampered (this is why spas are a $13 billion+ industry). When you offer to rub our back, rub our feet or some other sweet gesture you would like to receive just as much, we feel like pampered princesses. We like that. A lot. The feeling perpetuates and becomes a topic of lunch conversation when you do those things without an expectation of returning the favor in some way.

You Make Us Take Time for Ourselves

Life is busy and we women tend to overextend ourselves. This only gets worse when we settle down with you and have a few kiddos. When you notice we’re getting stressed, or think we just need a break and then you orchestrate that, you provide much more than a needed respite. You give us reasons to call all our girlfriends and explain in copious detail why we have the best man around.

You’re Really Good in the Bedroom. Always

Obviously every man hopes his woman brags about his performance in the bedroom. And, we will. Sometimes. But, for you to become brag worthy, you have to know how to do all the things that make us beg for more. Consistently. We don’t usually brag about one-timers. (Conversely, we’ll tell all if one time is particularly bad). But, when you are consistent, that means you know not only how to please and gratify us, you essentially understand us. That’s reason to shout from the rooftops.

Like most everything else, we have even complicated bragging rights. We don’t want to only vaunt our latest man and how great he is, we want to boast about how great our relationship is; hence the supreme importance of the little things you do, like the ones listed above.

Okay, it may actually be more than boasting.

I’ll admit it. We want to gloat. We want our girlfriends to be jealous of us because we have such great guys.

Yes, it’s silly, but when you’re the guy we’re bragging about, who cares?