Things guys wish their partners knew but won't say

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Okay here's the thing. I have a lot of male friends who talk to me about this stuff because I'm a nurse and apparently that makes me the designated safe person. And the number one thing I hear is that they wish their partners knew that men aren't always ready to go just because they're men.

The pressure to always be in the mood, always perform, always initiate — it's real and nobody talks about it.

Guys: what's something you wish your partner understood without you having to spell it out? And partners of guys: what's something that surprised you when you actually had that conversation?

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That sometimes we just want to be held. That's it. No lead up to anything, no expectations. Just closeness.

I could never say that out loud to a partner without feeling like I was being weird about it. But it's true.