You Need To Be Practical
Women tend to be much more sentimental than guys. When we want something, we say that we want it because we like it.
I remember when I bought a bike simply because I loved the way it looked. I never used it, so my boyfriend told me to sell it. He was right, of course; I’d bought an expensive bike just so that I could look at it!
So if you’re trying to hint to your boyfriend about what you want, you need to be mindful of your choice of words. Simply saying “I like it” when you see an advert on television won’t cut much ice with him. Perhaps you could flick through a magazine and explain how such and such an item would markedly improve your life.