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And, soda- I would love to see your "high maintenance" list. I classify as the "high maintenance but think I'm low maintenance" under the "When Harry Met Sally" rule.
Hanaeleh was wondering about my list so I thought I'd post it for shits and giggles. This is a "work in progress" list and some of the items are iffy and I've yet to decide if they'll make the permanent list. There are 38 items so far. What was your score? Got any that I missed?

edit: added 39 and 40.

You MIGHT be high maintenance if you:
1. wear more than 3 pairs of pajamas in one week.
2. would seriously consider trashing an entire meal because you're out of tarragon.
3. ever bought anchovy paste for one recipe.
4. if you know what tarragon is and can name two more spices that begin with “T”.
5. can name more than 5 pastel colors whose name isn’t a variation of the primary colors (eg, peach).
6. think you deserve a special dinner and a card on sweetest day.
7. know what sweetest day is.
8. do not eat leftovers.
9. don't mind if your significant other loses sleep to vacuum.
10. cleaning day is Sunday.
11. have to decorate for ALL the major holidays, including Memorial and Veteran’s Day.
12. just can't "deal" with it.
13. have ever re-washed your hair to start over b/c you're having a bad hairday.
14. you believe in "wet" and "dry" garbage.
15. often spray the sink with antibacterial spray before doing dishes.
16. need to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at almost exactly the same time each day.
17. your pets get cards on holidays and birthdays.
18. you think pets need to be in family photos.
19. have decorator soap (eg, seashells) on the back of your toilet.
20. the 5 second rule for food on the floor is actually 0 seconds.
21. think that using a towel after taking a shower makes it dirty.
22. are willing to wait 45 min for non-smoking.
23. are willing to wait 45 min at "thee" restaurant in town.
24. cannot order anything from a restaurant without making a special request.
25. cannot take a shower at night and skip the morning shower.
26. cannot go out for morning coffee without doing your hair.
27. have ever spent more than an hour on your hair.
28. ever used the phrase or a variation of the phrase "husband-in-training".
29. do not wear baseball caps b/c it will mess up your hair when you take it off.
30. need to lotion your entire bodyafter getting out of the shower every day.
31. the ratio of whose family is visited for major holidays is in your favor and you know it and don't care.
32. you talk long distance to your mother more than 5 times a week.
33. attempt to keep the same sleep/eat schedule when traveling to different time zones.
34. wash clothes more than 3 times a week.
35. go to the grocery store more than 3 times a week.
36. think that the cat’s litter box needs to be completely cleaned out and washed often.
37. you clean your dishes before you put them into the dishwasher.
cannot go camping.
38. disputed many of the items on the list for fear of being labeled high maintenance.
39. have no problem sending your significant other to the grocery store in the morning because you're out of insert breakfast item here and cannot substitute.
40. even when faced with the evidence that you cannot tell the difference between generic and name brand, you NEED to use the name brand.
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Yes I believe in wet and dry garbage , do you?
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Cloud, I was just thinking that same thing. :P So, how many of these have to apply before you are classified "high maintenance"? I think I'm a 4. :sweatdrop
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Why? You are a 4? Is that your job?
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Hmm... I don't know how many of those are high maintenance, and how many are just a little on the anal side of "clean-freak". :?

I acknowledge I'm high maintenance, but-again- I'm high maintenance but I believe I'm low maintenance. I'm not the "have-to-take-me-out-every-week-to-the-best-restaurant-in-town" type of high maintenance... I'm more of the "I just like things a certain way" (read: I like things my way) type of high maintenace.

*shrugs* I guess I'll die single, but oh, well. As the saying goes, "Have the truck, have the horse, have the dog... don't need no stinkin' cowboy." Hee hee. :P
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soda wrote:would seriously consider trashing an entire meal because you're out of tarragon.
Literally laughed out loud at that one... :)
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Is Chef Charley exempt from some of those because of his profession?

Oh, here's one to add: You might be high maintenance if your dogs have their own bedroom.
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soda wrote:can name more than 5 pastel colors whose name isn’t a variation of the primary colors (eg, peach).
*ahem* Ladies, take heed:
Peach is a fruit, not a color. :wink:
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I think [quote]

*ahem* Ladies take heed
Peach is more than that.
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quiet 'bot :wack
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This does not belong on a fair list because you cannot make a Ceasar salad without it "ever bought anchovy paste for one recipe. "

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Doesn't it?
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If I had any doubt, which I didn't, you have just confirmed I am very low maintenance since I didn't answer yes to a single one. Thank you.
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glorff wrote:This does not belong on a fair list because you cannot make a Ceasar salad without it "ever bought anchovy paste for one recipe. "

Every house needs a tube of fish glue :wink:
Actually I have anchovies on the shelf because I like them. :love:

"the ratio of whose family is visited for major holidays is in your favor and you know it and don't care."

That one is unfair because my husband's family is in Ireland. :roll:

Otherwise I answered 4 questions with a definate yes. What does that make me? :?

We have a lot of poison ivy here and when someone showers it's time for the towel to go washies. I like having the dog in the photos. Sometimes the garbage is wet sometimes it's dry, it all goes O-U-T. Lotion after a shower is just habit. :)
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are willing to wait 45 min for non-smoking.

--)------ Forgot about having to deal with this- do they still allow smoking in restaurants back east? In CA we don't have that problem- not even in bars... WA is that way now, too.

I have a couple more to add:

*You think the garage needs carpeting and a heater
*Your car gets washed more often than your pets
*You like having pets, just the idea that they shed bothers you
*You like having kids, just the idea that they talk bothers you
*You've trained your dog to go to the bathroom on certain types of grass
*The idea of "roughing it" is a hotel with no room service
*Your kids know that the car is to be "seen" but not "touched"
*White is an acceptable and preferred color in furniture and carpet
*Your family Thanksgiving dinner is catered
*You can't attend a parent-teacher conference because it interferes with your manicure appt.
*You invite your nanny, personal trainer and maid to family occassions
*You have a nanny, personal trainer and maid


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