On my way home one weekend, I was just cruising and listening to the radio tuned to one of my favorite stations, which happens to be country. I started listening to the words that go with the tunes, and I found myself wondering: Does Josh Gracin really mean it when he says, "We'll be all right as long as you stay with me," and is Tim McGraw serious when he claims, "She's my kind of rain"?
Male country singers melt the hearts of millions of women with lyrics declaring undying love and heartfelt claims that they're the men they want to be when they're with you.
Do guys really think like this? If these singers can express their emotions and passions through song - and sing it to the entire world, by the way - why can't all guys do the same?
Maybe these songs were just written by women.
But let's get back to basics: What do most women want from a boyfriend? The romantic types want to feel like they are the only ones in the whole world their men can ever think about - they are what he looks forward to. They want him to make their hearts melt.
The more sensible types want someone who is caring, selfless and gentle.
Is this hopeless - are men actually capable of such a thing, or is that kind of tenderness limited to lyrics?
My ponderings led me to a point of desperation, so I strayed from the brilliant opinions of people my own gender and asked a male friend of mine. This is approximately how our conversation went: "Do guys really think like the lyrics they sing in love songs?" I asked.
"No," he said.
"Well, isn't that false advertising? It's hardly fair!"
"I'll tell you what," he said. "Rappers are the people who can tell you what guys really think." Then he proceeded to recite popular phrases heard in rap lyrics. Feel free to insert your own rap phrases here because they aren't clean enough to print.
Apparently, women have had the minds of men at our fingertips all along - all we had to do was switch the radio station. It seems so simple now.
Honestly, if women looked deep inside themselves, most of them would find they want a little more than the sweet nothings they hear in country songs - like the occasional compliment or a man who picks up after himself or cleans the dishes without us asking.
Sure, many women want big masculine men who can tell them what they need to know about their cars and open those stubborn jar lids - which the women loosen before giving them to the men in their lives - but what they don't want is the ego. It's not girly for a man to get his hands soapy from dishwashing liquid - in fact, suds are kind of appealing.
Although my heart sunk a bit after that conversation with my male friend, I think women can still hold on to a bit of hope that one day Prince Charming will come.
Perhaps there are men out there who are having a hard time snagging a girl, and it's become particularly evident considering this month is February. There is a secret you should know: Woman want the same Valentine's Day-quality treatment all year long. It's not the big things you do once in a while that keep us swooning; it's the little things you constantly do to remind us you care.
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