Women want a man that knows how to be both child and adult. She wants the boyish charm, but a man's ability to follow through. She wants fun, but she wants it in a responsible way. She wants someone to take care of her, but also someone that needs her to fill the same capacity. She wants a man to lead her but at the same time, not neglect her opinions or intuitions. She wants him all the time, but she wants it to be mutual, and at the same time unsmothering. She wants true love not just over heated lust... although there are times that call for both. she wants more than a lover, she wants a best friend... she wants understanding and sympathy... and then she wants brutal honesty.
She unceasingly wants loyalty. She wants to be respected as a lady but wants to be like one of the guys. She wants to be just like her man in so many ways because he is comforting to her... but at the same time she wants to maintain her mystery and be her own person. She wants to know she belongs to her man... but she doesn't want to be OWNED by her man. She wants kind words and unfailing appreciation but she wants it to be sincere. She wants to be corrected and guided by her man, but she doesn't want to be disciplined or controlled by her man. She wants to give him her all, but she wants and needs the same in return.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.