I truly never knew. I always thought I was as un-high maintenance as they come...I mean hello, I like wearing sweats, hate showering, and would rather go play tackle football with the boys than go shopping with the girls.
But when "high maintenance" girls came up in conversation the other day, my guy friends all informed me that I am the epitome of high maintenance.
Devastated, to say the least.
"You're the worst kind. You're high maintenance but you think you're low maintenance." ~When Harry Met Sally
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ej ... i think your guy friends have confused "high maintenance" with "girl who knows what she wants".
an awful lot of guys don't wanna be inconvenienced by girls who actually have high self-esteem, good character (and a lot of it), strong opinions about things, etc.
but those (girls) are the only ones worth having ...
rock on.
To clarify, "high maintenance" DOES NOT necessarily intimate a negative connotation. Though true, in the vapid, materialistic insipid masses of ladies who proudly flaunt their venal, banal view of “high maintenance,” the eponym definitely, and unfortunately denotes a truly unflattering character. In the rare few, however, and in your case, oh Miss. Chones, the term “high maintenance” definitively captures the subtle nuances of your provocative and incomparable essence that labels you as a person that remains firm in her resolve to find the “one.” Hence, I applaud your unerring aplomb and congratulate your “guy friends” on their astute and accurate assessment of your character. Bravo!
Ed, the desire to remain anonymous was completely thrown out the window with the use of such words as "banal" and "aplomb".
Ed was the instigator of my "high maintenance" label in the first place! Lame attempt in trying to defend yourself.
I've only met Ed once and even I would have known that he left the anonymous comment. Hilarious attempt at remaining "anonymous"!
actually, the only reason i remained anonymous was that i hadn't figured out how to sign-off with my id, yet! i'm NEW! take it easy!
Wow, I would have loved to be involved in that conversation. It is difficult to know your friends definition of “high maintenance” without being there. However, judging from the examples you provided I would say that you have the wrong definition. In my book “high maintenance” would go much further than the outward appearance that you mention (sweats, football, etc.). High maintenance individuals (not just female, but males can be high maintenance as well) are often those that know what they want and they will not settle for anything else. This can be a bad thing, such as a demanding person that must have the conversation center around them, or it can be a good thing, like being selective when looking for a business partner. All that is to say, I can’t agree or disagree with your “guy friends” unless I know the criteria in which they judged you as high maintenance.
By the way, I didn’t know you shared my disdain for showering. It isn’t that I don’t like to be clean – I really do – I just don’t like the act of doing it.
You are high maintenance! No question.
I'm with Matthew... you are not high maintenance in your outward appearance... but you know what you want... and that's not a bad thing! It's gotten you pretty far in life! I wish I could have been there to witness your expression when Ed called you high maintenance... I'm sure it was priceless!
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