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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:37 PM
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Poll question: Are you high maintenance or low maintenance?
Be honest.
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:39 PM
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1. ahem
i believe it's whatCHU talkin bout willis...
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:40 PM
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4. so you're high maintenance
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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:41 PM
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5. ha
not always
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:46 PM
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8. Would it help if I told you that I am very much
a white chick from Canada. Watcha was a stretch for me.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:39 PM
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2. Very low maintenance
I don't require anything fancy, I can change my own tires, I don't need anyone to hold my hand while I shop.

All I really require is regular lovin'.
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:39 PM
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3. Low-maintenance, except when it comes to grooming & hygeine.
Edited on Mon Dec-20-04 07:40 PM by Cuban_Liberal
I will not get a cheap haircut, use cheap soap or shampoo, or wear cheap cologne.

:)
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:42 PM
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6. Low
So's my wife, thank bukowski...
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:44 PM
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7. both
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Misunderestimator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:52 PM
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13. That's what I was gonna say...
:)
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 08:04 PM
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18. Copycat
;)
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:47 PM
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9. Low maintenance
and I keep runing into high mantenance people.
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the Princess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:49 PM
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10. Both
Depends on the day
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Goathead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:50 PM
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11. I broke down a long time ago
Now I'm just being scavenged for parts.
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:51 PM
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12. Kinda high, I admit it. But I pay off big!!!!
I've had an anxiety disorder that's been a real monkey-on-the back for many years, so I'm very particular about where/how I'm going, with whom, how the destination is configured, etc. Although, as more time passes, I've gotten much bolder, and consequently less fussy. But I am also very meticulous in my dress, habits and appearance.

My wife says I am high maintenance (and I'm the first to admit it), but she also says that I'm well worth the extra effort required! :loveya:
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:52 PM
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14. Depends on the subject
When it comes to materialism, I'm low maintenance. Sometimes I can be a little emotionally high maintenance if I am to be honest, but indulging my neuroses is not without reward either. :D
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 07:58 PM
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15. I'm always confused about what high/low maintenance means!
I guess I'm low. I'm not worried about fashion, I mean I worry about what I look like but clothes do not make or break a person.

I don't spend too much time in the bathroom getting ready. I have a shaved head so I don't use any hair products.

Except for shaving, I'm in and out of the shower. I hate shaving so it takes me a long time to do it.


But I guess, it's high at times as far as making my boyfriend do stuff for me. Like cook, or do stuff with my car. Does that count?
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 08:07 PM
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19. I would say it has less to do with grooming habits than
how much you require from someone. Are you demanding? Do you require things to be done a certain way? Are you needy?
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 08:11 PM
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21. Hmmm...Demanding? No.
Things done a certain way? Yes.

Needy? No. I'm really an independent person but I really enjoy when my boyfriend does stuff for me.


I guess I'm a bit of both.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 08:02 PM
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16. No maintenance.
I've always been alone. Always have been. Am. And always will be.

Hope the answer doesn't dresn't freak you out. :-( I'm still an overall okay guy. :-)
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 08:03 PM
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17. Aww, but I love you!
:hug: And you're more than an okay guy. You're one of the great DUers we have!:hug:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 08:11 PM
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22. I'm honored, thanks! And for the hug too. But today I've been different.
I know I'm apprehensive over an event tomorrow, but that can't be the only source... there's this irratibility. Maybe it is related to tomorrow (I'm cutting off ties with the latest counselor who has seen fit to label me with something after knowing me for a grand total of 93 minutes. :eyes: You'd think they'd get to know a person first instead of being quick to judge and hawking on everything that sounds like a potential symptom to one of their more favorite illnesses. :eyes: )
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Birthmark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 08:08 PM
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20. I'm pretty much no maintenance.
That's why I've been married almost 21 years.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:10 PM
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23. I am low maintenance, but high strung - and ten out of ten
people who meet me agree :7
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patdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:32 PM
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24. I may be cheap, but I ain't easy is my claim to fame..or used to be...
back in the 'old days'...:evilgrin:
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:51 PM
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28. that's okay darling: I'm easy, but not cheap
oh and I hear that Cyndee_Lou_Who is cheap and easy - that just about covers all possibilities now, doesn't it? :evilgrin:
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:33 PM
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25. low maintenance and proud of it!
n/t
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:34 PM
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26. I admit to being higher maintenance when I was single and younger.
Now that I'm married and older, I'm pretty low-maintenance. Maybe that comes naturally with a long-term relationship; I don't know. Maybe it's age.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:45 PM
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27. I have never, ever been hi maintenance
Edited on Mon Dec-20-04 09:45 PM by Skittles
no guy has ever had to spend a dime on me, I am absolutely independent
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 09:53 PM
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29. LOW maintenance baby
Low maintenance all the way.

In fact, I can't stand being in relationships with high maintenance people. I have had HM friends and whew, they were a HELL of a lot of work. I end up dumping those friendships. It's just not worth it.

My husband is low maintenance and my two best friends are, too.

Low maintenance people RULE.

But we don't really have to or anything....
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vixengrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 10:00 PM
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30. I am like, how you say, the silk flowers. *snerk*
Except I don't need to be routinely dusted. I'm a loner by nature--I am *never* the one in a relatinship who says things like :"What are you thinking?" or "Why can't you spend time with me?" I like to be by myself to just read or be online or watch dumb t.v. shows and sports. And as for my personal level of care, I cut and color my own hair, and keep my manicure and pedicure really simple--short, clean nails. I'm just too practical. And although I have a basketful of cosmetics, truly I hang my bare naked face out, most of the time--better for my skin. If I were high maintenance, I think I'd wear myself out!
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Placebo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 10:01 PM
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31. I'm really easy to be with as long as I get what I want.
Does that make me low or high maintenance? :P
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