Defintion of high maintenance
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Defintion of high maintenance
| Fri, 04-06-2007 - 6:28pm |
There was a post on another part of this same board about what is considered high maintenance in dating and relationships. I thought I would post again about this up here in the main part to see what everyone else thinks since it's an interesting topic.
What is your defination of high maintenance? What are the characteristics of women who are this way? I know a lot of people will have different answers so this should be interesting.
These are my thoughts on it:
When I think of high maintenance I think of women that don't want to do anything outdoorsy or any sports because they might break a nail. Women who expect their boyfriends to buy them all this nice jewelry and expensive clothing and take them to nice restaurants frequently and if they don't get what they want they throw a fit. Also women who dont' understand if their boyfriend can't call them back right away or can't hang out every minute of every day and expect him to drop everything and anything for her at all times, not considering their feelings. That's what I consider high maintence.
Edited 4/6/2007 6:29 pm ET by biochic2004
What is your defination of high maintenance? What are the characteristics of women who are this way? I know a lot of people will have different answers so this should be interesting.
These are my thoughts on it:
When I think of high maintenance I think of women that don't want to do anything outdoorsy or any sports because they might break a nail. Women who expect their boyfriends to buy them all this nice jewelry and expensive clothing and take them to nice restaurants frequently and if they don't get what they want they throw a fit. Also women who dont' understand if their boyfriend can't call them back right away or can't hang out every minute of every day and expect him to drop everything and anything for her at all times, not considering their feelings. That's what I consider high maintence.
Edited 4/6/2007 6:29 pm ET by biochic2004

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I think it's hard to put actresses and normal people in the same category, I really do. Most normal people cannot afford 1,000 dollar purses or if they want them they have to save for awhile or put themselves into some serious debt to get it. Actresses don't, so they can afford to buy the highest end, also most of them make their living on looking good so they are caught up in that lifestyle due to the job. But when you see pictures of them out and about on a regular day sometimes they are dressed down and looking pretty shabby even if their sweatpants are high end.
So I don't know that the comparison can really be made. I might not really care too much about paying a little more for something if I had a large bank account too, whereas now I'm very aware of the amount I spend for something.
But whose to say someone is being close minded about something, maybe they HAVE tried something and they don't like it?? Maybe they've tried camping, or sports or whatever and they know they don't like it??? I used to camp when I was a kid and now Its just not my cup of tea, now sports, I do like sports so that would be fine but if someone asked me to go camping in a tent, ummm no not my idea of fun, if they wanted to go fishing, GREAT I love to go fishing. But we need to at least have a cabin. No tents just doesn't interest me, I need a bathroom that I'm not sharing with 50 other people if you want to do it, have at it, I'm not saying anyone else can't go camping it's just not something that interests me, I'm not thumbing my nose at campers I just don't like it.
Thumbing your nose at other "people" makes you a snob in my book. LOL
Smile,
Deirdre
People who are never satisfied with things are high maintanence and always have to have it their way or the highway. I guess that's the best way to describe what I'm trying to portray.
Edited 4/9/2007 2:43 pm ET by biochic2004
Yes than we would agree on that, someone who has to have things their way, inconvenience others time by taking too long etc. or being late and expecting everyone to cater to their whims.
I guess I just don't see where fashion or camping fit into that. LOL
I know you aren't thumbing your nose at any of that, I'm not sure where you got from my post that I implied you were.
Smile,
Deirdre
"Thumbing your nose at other "people" makes you a snob in my book." LOL
I thought that this was the comment at the end of your post that you were thinking that I was thumbing my nose against people who don't like to camp or things like that but now I know that it was a comment to people in general and not to me lol, miscommunication via writing.
I see what you mean about thumbing your nose at others just because they don't like something and that being snobby in it's own right and I agree with that.
I think when I posted those examples at the beginning that it might have got misconstrued into the way people dress or if they don't like sports or what not when I didn't mean it THAT way. I guess what I was really trying to say was people who are hard to please. I think iridiumite stated it in a "more concise" way in her post.
Hard to communicate over writing in posts sometimes because you can't hear tones of voices or really get across what you mean sometimes LOL.
I do think that sometimes men who meet women who won't do things like go camping or other stuff that's not "girly" are high maintenance...but I can also see the point of that being different than someone who is high maintenance by other definitions.
Smile,
Deirdre
Yes they are exhausting.
Someone who drains me I consider high maintenence and not if they drain me from a night romping int he bedroom. LOL
Smile,
Deirdre
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