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Planning in advance

He finds out his friends are having a party two weeks from now. So the next time he speaks to you, he asks you to mark that date on your calendar. He doesn’t bring it up the day before, or even the week of. He brings it up as soon as he knows about it to ensure you can make it, without having to change any of your own plans around.

 

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Calling during the work day

Plenty of men think they have no obligation to call you until their day is done! Plenty of men just find it a hassle to spend five minutes on the phone with you when they could have used that five minutes to play a game on their computer or shoot the breeze with their coworkers.

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Leading your moving committee

He doesn’t just help you move: he researches the best price on a mover for you, picks up snacks to feed your other helpers, and organizes everybody! Most boyfriends just stand around in case something heavy needs to be lifted. Or, even worse, tell you to just give them a call once your new place is all set up!

 

 

 

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Cook for you

Cooking is scary for some guys! Not to mention, time intensive. If a man cooks for you, he not only puts his pride on the line, he commits several hours to grocery shopping, researching recipes and actually cooking. A credit card and a phone call to the local delivery place could have sufficed.

 

 

 

 

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Keep quiet while you’re sleeping

Admit it: men are just better sleepers than women are! And so to many of them it doesn’t occur that if they’re on the phone in the room that will wake us up, or that if they leave the bedroom door open and blare the TV in the next room, that will wake us up. It takes a thoughtful man to keep a quiet space while you get your Z’s.

 

 

 

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Just say “I’m sorry”

When you vent to your partner—perhaps even about something he has done—and he just says, “I’m sorry” without making any excuses, he is going against every impulse in his body! And he is doing it to make sure you feel loved in a time that you’re upset.

 

 

 

 

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Get to the restaurant early because you can’t

Lots of boyfriends would just say, “Well if you can’t make it on time we’ll just eat at home tonight.” But it’s the truly sweet boyfriends who will wait alone for an hour at a popular restaurant to make sure you two get a table, allowing you to just breeze in and sit down when you’re ready to eat.