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5 Compliments Every Woman Loves To Hear

Say these words of appreciation today and earn yourself a relationship Gold Star!

Words of appreciation spoken directly to your romantic partner go far in paving the way to a happy, healthy relationship. What is sometimes too easily forgotten: disagreements among couples (from trifling to serious) can nearly always be overcome with a few words of gratitude from a partner (a.k.a., a healthy dose of authentic compliments). But it takes more than a "Hey Baby, you're hot" to really win points with your partner here. These are the top five compliments every woman loves to hear. If you can't remember the words verbatim, remember the key principles: appreciation, support and acceptance. This is the triage to a strong, lasting and powerful romantic endeavor.

1.You’re Irreplaceable. This is a surefire way to light up your partner’s eyes. Saying these words (with full eye contact, of course) lets the special one in your life know that you know who she is as a person and that you value her as a unique individual. Why is this so effective? Think about when you break up with someone and part ways. One of the worst ramifications of the break-up is finding out, via Facebook update or chattering among friends, that you've been replaced by someone new. On the flip side, hearing from your current partner that you're valued for more than what you look like scores big, meaningful points.

2. You bring light to my life. Yes, we know this sounds like a bit much. But bear with us and let us make one point: relationships can go off course when one or both partners takes for granted the contributions the other makes to their lives. Saying this shows that a man understands and remembers that a women chooses to be with her man and opts to give her energy and time to him. Showing he appreciates that she shares her life with him is symphonic to a woman's ears. If the word light is a tad too over-the-top for you try replacing it with happiness, joy, sunshine—whichever word you can say with genuine meaning.

3. You are perfect just the way that you are. This one takes the gold star award for ability to make a woman’s day, week, month or even year (if, that is, whenever she gets miffed at you for something small she recalls you saying this to her). Ingrid Michaelson sang it best with her lyrics to the song “Just the Way that I Am.” If you really want to make your partner’s day, we suggest e-mailing this song or youtube video to the woman you love. Deep, lasting love is unconditional. Showing that you comprehend and embrace this idea will touch your partner way more than surfacey comments such as “Your earrings are cute.” Dating A Golddigger

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Osomerset Single Endearing, compassion, caring, loving
Posted August 12, 2009

I believe women love to hear these words and more so they deserve to hear them coming from us as often as possible. As long as the words are ingenuous then we're good to go otherwise woman will see right through us and we end up worse off than we started. A person's fate is determined by the quality of love they accept.

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Lyz Married Community Manager
Posted August 12, 2009

I like that: A person's fate is determined by the quality of love they accept.

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dreamcatcher Married
Posted August 2, 2009

orange juice ....have you ever been inside the mind of a woman??? Apparently not because that ignorant view is CLEARLY why you are STILL SINGLE!

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Qverb Taken Rugburns, sarcasm, giggling, beautiful
Posted August 3, 2009

Its kinda funny...at one time my insides used to churn when I'd see some guy leaving a post like this (not that I haven't seen women post stuff like this in respect to guys), and I would battle with the urge to write our fearless site manager and request that he be expunged...

Now I'm actually a little greatful for it. Not out of agreeing with him. I've dated the type of women that he talks about, but that only took a couple of errors before I learned my lesson.

I'm greatful because its a great way to show a lot of the single gals on here about red flags to really keep an eye on, things that will cause far more trouble than a guy who doesn't exactly get along with his mom.

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Lyz Married Community Manager
Posted August 3, 2009

That is completely negative and false. Sounds like you've had a bad experience and are making women everywhere pay. That's not going to get you far.

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