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Make your man the happiest guy alive with these simple gestures.

If you want to show your guy that you think he's special, you could just

tell him you love him. He'll always want to hear that.

And, of course, you can surprise him with the latest iPhone or that Big

Bertha golf club he's been begging for.

But probably the best way to make a man feel loved

is to offer some simple, everyday acts of kindness

that show him you understand him.

These little gifts will give something back to you: a relationship infused

with more trust and friendship and a deeper sense of togetherness.

So go ahead and buy him a toy if you feel like it.

But if you want to make him so happy he skips right past "Thanks, hon" to

"I'm with the woman of my dreams," give him one of these seven tokens

of devotion. No shopping required.

1. Give him a cushion

Raise your hand if this sounds familiar: You and your man get together

after work. Your man is very busy, studying the mail. Seeking a way in, you

ask how his day was. No answer. He's there, but he's not.

You're fuming, and that's understandable. But it turns out that men really

do need a tiny buffer zone — call it a cushion — between work and family,

says Deborah Tannen, Ph.D., professor of linguistics at Georgetown

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