"How to Talk to a Hunter" by Pam Houston, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver, "Love Ain't Al," by Edna St. Vincent Millay If you ask a woman what she wants in a man, most women will give you a list of qualities that have been drilled into their heads since they were little girls. The perfect lifestyle involves three things that need to be added together to get the correct equation. Money, children and above all a wonderful man who provides these things are what women want most in life. One of the most well-known sayings today is that women go to college to earn their MRS degrees. The issue that confuses men is that once they find the perfect mate, they are already looking for someone else. What women want in a relationship are qualities like trust, devotion, and excitement, but once the thrill of the chase ends and these traits are found in a man, a woman is bored and out the door. In Pam Houston's "How to Talk to a Hunter", the couple has a relationship full of uncertainty and excitement. Throughout the story, the hunter is never able to commit to the woman, and when she mentions the word " monogamy" the hunter isn't willing to give her the answer she wants to hear. While on the surface she seems to want him to commit to her, calls from a mysterious woman named Patty Coyote disturb her, deep down his unreliability makes her want to more The woman's best friend asks, "at this point, what might you find attractive about him?" Even if the woman never responds, what makes the hunter so attractive is the fact that she can't have him all to herself the woman cannot trust the hunter, the things he tells her prevail over distrust... middle of paper... difficult to achieve, and this is why relationships become so difficult and complicated. This is also noticeable in the stories of love is that every woman has a different vision of the "right" relationship. Teresa sees her abusive ex-husband in a different light than others, the relationship between the hunter and the woman seems dysfunctional yet the lady longs for the hunter the more he is for her, and Frances also seems to want her husband the more the less he gives her his attention. his. Women are complicated because they are all unique and want different things. Even when a relationship contains trust, enthusiasm and devotion, sometimes these qualities are not enough to keep a couple together. If so, what makes women happy? Are women incapable of being satisfied? Being a woman myself, I'm not even sure of the answer, but I know one thing: women always want what they can't have.