10 Things Every Woman Wishes Guys Would Notice About Her

1. That you went all out on your makeup and nailed your winged eyeliner TBH. Do you know how hard that is, bros? No, you do not at all, but if you did, you'd know that making both eyes look even remotely similar in terms of how straight that line is is basically a fool's errand and if we did it, we basically deserve a gold medal for Eyeliner Precision. 

2. When you're out with his friends and you are so freaking crushing it. When I'm out with my boyfriend's friends and I'm being the Funniest Smartest Coolest Chillest Girl in the Room and then afterward, he acts like, "Anyway, you want to get pizza later?" it's the worst. It'd be so cool to hear, "Holy crap, you're the best girlfriend ever for real," instead. ​

3. Your family heirloom that your grandmother gave you that means the world to you. All of my rings have deeply personal meanings (or they're just super cool and look like something out of a '90s music video, but still) and I definitely always wish that a guy would be like, "So tell me what your rings mean." It's such a very real desire but it has also never happened ever. And it probably never will.

4. Your haircut if it was a totally different look from what you had before. Guys always joke about women wanting guys to notice when you chopped off half an inch from your hair but in reality, we want you to notice when we've gone from long layers to a modern lob, which are TOTALLY DIFFERENT. How can you not see we're basically a totally new girlfriend now?!

5. That you contoured your whole freaking face like a boss and now you have ~*dangerous*~ cheekbones. I personally cannot do this at all but if by some miracle, I figured out how to do it and the guy I was dating didn't notice that I'd turned my usual face into a Kardashian face, I would be piiiiisssed. 

6. That this lingerie was hella expensive and makes you look like an effing Victoria's Secret angel. The cliche about men barely noticing lingerie and just ripping it off like, "Who cares?" is actually really annoying and really true. You guys say you want us to wear hot lingerie that costs as much as a new couch, and then you don't seem to notice and you definitely don't mention it in bed? Pfft. Come onnnnn.

7. Our blowout, which was super expensive and makes us look like Beyoncé at the Super Bowl. Which, P.S. is not how we usually look, in case you haven't noticed. The argument could be made that guys think we look hot no matter what, but also I know what I look like with a blowout versus how I look when I've slept with wet hair, and you're literally do not have eyes if you can't tell that one looks way better objectively. 

8. When you've spent the summer doing your Best Butt Ever exercises and now have the most toned ass on earth. Fine, maybe not the most toned ever but at least 5 percent improvement, which still merits a "Whoa, is your butt tighter or is just me?"

9. When you searched the ends of the earth to buy his parents a thoughtful, loving present for their anniversary. It took me four days and 17 Google searches to find those commemorative plates, so it'd be neat if you didn't treat it like I brought them doughnut holes from a gas station. 

10. When you've totally changed up your style by wearing something you'd never, ever wear ordinarily but holy crap, are you pulling it off. Sadly if you want guys to notice this, you basically have to yell, "Attention: I am wearing bell-bottoms and as you know, I am more of a Banana Republic girl most of the time, and yet I am Free People-ing it up with the best of them. Honor me." 

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