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What women want

Sarah Standing

Wednesday, 19th September 2007

Gentlemen, I’m going to let you in on one of the great mysteries of life.

Gentlemen, I’m going to let you in on one of the great mysteries of life. I’m going to tell you what most married women really, really want. Forget big rocks and red roses. Forget boxes of violet creams and tomes of sentimental poetry — even offering to empty the dishwasher. What women secretly crave is simple. It’s called room service. Room service is the blockbuster of romantic gestures. Hotels tick all the right boxes for women in a way that men find vaguely unfathomable. I think this is possibly because they regard staying at hotels as functional — an expensive part of their travel itinerary. Women think differently.

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