Ten Compliments That Will WOW a Man!

I just read an article on YAHOO that lists and describes 10 compliments that WOW a man.

I decided to read these because I’m single…..and trying to catch up on the art of dating. Hey, look, I’m almost 50 years old. I haven’t dated anyone in over 25 years. As a matter of fact, the only person I’ve ever dated was the woman I wound up marrying…and on looking back on things, well, I wasn’t too hot in that department obviously.

As I ponder the gay life……gay relationships…….I am totally scared at the prospect of dating gay men.

So, why not look seriously at those 10 compliments that Yahoo says will WOW a man? Now remember, this list is written to women. But hey, I can use all the help I can get!

So, let look at what they had to say:


1. "Your arms are definitely looking bigger."
(Huh?) Yahoo says: Men can be just as paranoid about the way their bodies look as women can be. In fact, nearly 90 percent of men in a national Men, Love & Sex survey say there's at least one body part they'd like to change (42 percent saying they want a new gut). While men don't necessarily want women to lie if they're out of shape, it never hurts to notice he's looking good -- or at least trying to look better.

2. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha." (Ha, ha, ha?) Yahoo says: Guys spend all of high school, the better part of the work day, and at least 12 times a day via e-mail trying to make people laugh. Because men value their sense of humor as one of their most important qualities, a hearty, genuine laugh is as flattering as it gets.

3. "Wow." (Hmmm.) Yahoo says: Doesn't matter whether it comes as he's getting undressed or after you've finished having sex, this short, sweet word (best done in a whisper) may just be the ultimate ego-stroke. A picture may say a thousand words, but this three-letter word sums up roughly 10,000 of them.

4. "You the man." (Is that: you are the man?) Yahoo says: Guys hear this all the time. From other guys. They hear it at work, on the golf course, and when one dude from the group buys the beer. But if it comes from a woman -- no matter the context -- the message is that, hey, we're buddies, too. Which is actually pretty darn sexy.

5. "The kids just adore you." (What if he doesn’t have kids?) Yahoo says: More than 50 percent of men say that their families -- more so than work and salary -- are what defines them most as men. So when a woman affirms that he's a familial hero, it's a compliment that stretches way beyond anything you could ever say about his haircut.

6. "What do you think?" (Lovey never asked this of me.) Yahoo says: We've all seen it a million times with long-married couples: They engage in cerebral power struggles, where neither can concede on anything -- whether it's the best way to move a piece of furniture or the fastest way to reach the interstate. I'm not saying that men should have the only say in decisions, but some guys do feel like they actually have very little.

7. "Cute feet." (Say what?) Yahoo says: Typically, it doesn't matter much to men if women like a part of their body that they don't control, like their eyes, jawline, or body hair. And typically, guys care for the word "cute" about as much as Paris cares for the penal system. One exception: The part of the body that is classified as being especially gross. Tell a guy he has good feet, and somehow he takes it as a double-bagger compliment -- that you not only like his genetics, but also that you appreciate he can keep himself better groomed than the rest of the gnarly-nailed heathens out there.

8. "Meow." (Animal noises?) Yahoo says: The stats show that 61 percent of men think their partners aren't sexually adventurous enough. While a feline one-liner doesn't automatically qualify as adventurous, it does show a bit of inhibition, and the message is one he likes to hear: That perhaps he's brought a little bit of the animal out of you.

9. "Impressive." (Keep it clean guys.) Yahoo says: Guys love feats. They love accomplishments. They love being acknowledged for their strength, power, and, simply, their masculinity. So a well-timed observation like this one -- whether it comes after he carries a TV to the family room or figures out a way to fix the pipes without having to call the plumber -- feeds into his need to feel like the family protector.

10. “I want you." (Hmmmm) Yahoo says: Women don't need to go on about a guy's eyes or hair or clothes. What a guy really wants to hear is that he's the total package, and this acknowledgement of that -- whether it's referring to bedroom behavior or relationship stability -- is the ultimate compliment of them all.

I wonder if Lovey had said these 10 compliments to me if it would have changed the course of our marriage? Probably not because these compliments are meaningless to me.

But then, I’m a gay guy.

So I suppose this list wouldn’t work on other gay guys either.

Oh well, back to the drawing board.