Tuesday
Feb032009
February 3, 2009 Wisdom about Women
In his swingin' single days, Rob was wont to say (quoting Billy Crystal) that there are three types of women:
1) Low-maintenance. (The best kind.)
2) High-maintenance. (At least you know what you're getting.)
3) High maintenance that thinks they're low-maintenance. (The worst kind.)
I often wonder how high-maintenance people (there are plenty of men out there, too!) can just go around affecting others without knowing how hard it is to deal with them. (I wonder how often I've been guilty of this.)
And I wonder if students know that sometimes, their teachers go home and mix up mint juleps and put on some soft music and try to forget all about the last few hours of their lives . . . ?
1) Low-maintenance. (The best kind.)
2) High-maintenance. (At least you know what you're getting.)
3) High maintenance that thinks they're low-maintenance. (The worst kind.)
I often wonder how high-maintenance people (there are plenty of men out there, too!) can just go around affecting others without knowing how hard it is to deal with them. (I wonder how often I've been guilty of this.)
And I wonder if students know that sometimes, their teachers go home and mix up mint juleps and put on some soft music and try to forget all about the last few hours of their lives . . . ?
Reader Comments (1)
I think there's a 4th.
There's the people who are high-maintenance, but apologize for their high-maintenance and therefore think their high-maintenance is excusable.
Conversations usually start with ridiculous requests prefaced by "I know I'm high-maintenance and this is a ridiculous request, but..."
I usually respond with, "Yes, that is a ridiculous request."
Followed by a blank look.
I did this a lot when I taught middle school.