What Maintenance Level Are You?=relationships tableau
What maintenance level are YOU? Furthermore, what in the world does that mean at any rate? By the way guys, this is for you too! Although, interestingly, it is a term I hear applied almost exclusively to women.=relationships tableau
Gentlemen and ladies, feel free to chime in about what maintenance level YOU are, as well as sharing about what makes a partner or date feel “high maintenance” or otherwise to you.
So, What Exactly Does High Maintenance Mean Anyway?
Well, we may not know how to define it, but we certainly know it when we see it! I’ve heard things like “a demanding B…..”, you know that nasty B word. Difficult to please. Hard to satisfy.
Always has to get his way (that’s right, I don’t want to leave anyone out!). Always thinks about herself first. Uncaring. Cold. Can’t go out without taking 2 hours to get ready! Overly concerned about appearances.
High maintenance people don’t often take into consideration the other. It is all about them. They don’t play well with others!
Low Maintenance==relationships tableau
What Maintenance Level Are You
Low maintenance people are generally seen as easy to be with. They tend to be non-demanding. They can hang with your friends and you and be happy. Low maintenance people go with the flow.
They don’t always need to have their way. In fact, they often concede to what others want to do. Perhaps they’ll let you choose the restaurant or the entertainment for the night. They may not place many demands at all.
A pitfall for low maintenance people is they may be co-dependent, a people pleaser. They may not consider themselves worthy of consideration. On the other hand, it may be that they simply are easy going.
What Maintenance Level Are You
Medium Maintenance
I’ve come up with a third category that I call medium maintenance. Brilliant term for it don’t ya think! It came to me in a dream. Well, not really but it could have!
Medium maintenance people sometimes place demands and are willing to advocate for themselves. They often go with the flow. Medium maintenance people take others into consideration and will sometimes place others first. At the same time, they sometimes place their wants or needs first.
If you are medium maintenance, you are likely not a push over, but nor are you one to attempt to control others. You know what you want and you are aware of other people’s wants.
Medium maintenance people seem to strike a BALANCE.
What Maintenance Level Are You? And Why?=relationships tableau
Naturally I coined the phrase medium maintenance because that is what I consider myself to be pretty much of the time. Just because at the prison all the other psych doctors’ mailboxes said Dr. __________ and mine said Princess – that girlfriend of mine at work who did that has wicked ways 
– doesn’t mean a thing. It doesn’t, it doesn’t, it doesn’t.
So, I don’t like to be cold in restaurants and I want my veggies organic. That’s not high maintenance, is it? No, I’m not going to be eating at I-Hop. I have my standards! I like real maple syrup!
See how much fun this is. I just can’t wait to hear you describe what maintenance level you are. The best fun is to sit around with your friends and discuss it. Rate one another and yourself.
Make sure you’re good friends, though, and everyone is up for the “game”. It can be a great learning experience and we had a blast, but it may not be for the highly sensitive person. Remember, you were warned!
What Maintenance Level Do You Prefer In A Partner or Date?
- In choosing a partner or date, what maintenance level do you prefer?
- What qualities do you consider and how would you rate them?
- What maintenance level do you feel you are?
- What maintenance level do you think others would say you are?
I cannot wait to hear what=relationships tableau you come up with! Please do comment and tell all!
