Men. What do you need?

[Lucy Long Socks]

Just wondering what men require from a long term relationship. Physical and mental, family, friends, the home, work, holidays. Anything really. What will make you stick around and enjoy it. Or not enjoy it. Interested.

First post nailed it.

i'm sure i read somewhere that it is keep their balls empty and stomach full. Give them peace?

What misogynistic men want will be different to what normal men want.

Most men want a family and stable relationships with friends which are often created and maintained through interactions with other families.

Ew.

Are you joking or being wholeheartedly honest?

Honesty, that's it.

This without the bum sex.

Got to say the first post does nail it I think. I don't think there's anything wrk g with that either - I want regular sex and to eat nice food as well!

the family thing I think men have a desire to procreate but not stay necessarily stay around. That's what sorts the good men from the bad.

Everyone is different obviously, but in my experience/people I've known, most men that initiate leaving their female partners do so due to either a lack of intimacy in the relationship or anxiety/controlling behaviour from their partner. So I'd say men want physical closeness (not just sex) and a relaxed environment in the home

Chocolate biscuits are quite enticing, I have found.

Are you my husband. Although he prefers steak!

Apologies for the complete derail, but I could never have a relationship with someone who used the word 'nagging'.

A best friend who fancies me and likes it when we shag. Have common interests, similar sense of humour, enjoy just hanging out together, whether that's at home watching TV, doing chores, going for walks, going out for dinner and a drink etc. That's pretty much it.

I must have been married to different men. I divorced my first husband, because of boredom, after nearly 30 years (kids left home, nothing left to say), and was with my second husband until the day he died.

Both were decent men - no demands, no abuse, no anything objectionable.🤷‍♀️

I'm sure many want a nice home, meals on the table, clothes laundered, regular sex and to come and go as they please.

There's a link between regular sex and nagging avoidance.
Do the bloody tasks without being requested constantly. Everyone will be happier but most men are too arrogant or stupid to see it.

And this is why if my DH dies or leaves me I am absolutely done with men.

So you need to live near a Greggs and a red light district. Although inflicting yourself on women who have no choice seems unfair, too.

How pathetic, soulless, and empty.

Bloody well said 👏🏼

Personally I was on the look out for an independent, intelligent, kind, funny, sporty fellow professional who had similar interests to me. I managed to find that 16 years ago.

Maybe I am doing relationships wrong???

So... a housekeeper who lets him shag her then?

You’d think women would have learned by now not to ask this.

This is not the question to ask if you want to keep your faith in men…

This thread is grim, with a few exceptions 🤢

Wish I could remember word for word that amazing post from the woman who said her fanny slammed shut with the sound of a deafening thunderclap.