Have you ever heard or used the term high maintenance to describe a person? I have actually heard it used to describe both children and adults. High maintenance people are people who are thought to be very demanding. The demands may be emotional, physical, or both.
Some children are high maintenance in that they require a lot of attention from their parents. With adults, it is usually said that some women are high maintenance in that they demand a lot of goods from their mate. These women often place pressure on their mate to take them places and buy them gifts.
High maintenance mates are easily upset and typically keep some kind of commotion going in the relationship. They are needing of their mate’s attention and may become very jealous if the attention is given elsewhere. These partners may do a lot of nagging and seem to always have something negative to say. While these high maintenance mates may be very nice and loving people, they are a lot of work for the people who live with them.
On the other hand, there are low maintenance mates. These people are not demanding for the attention of their partner. While they want to be an important part of their mate’s life, they realize that they are not the center of the world and do not expect to be treated that way. They enjoy their couple time together but are understanding when they must be apart. They look for the good in their mate and limit the amount of complaining that they do.
In most cases, people fall somewhere in the middle of being high maintenance and low maintenance. There are likely very few people in the world that are completely maintenance free. However there are more people who are full of high maintenance demands.