No Title Required, Proving How Low Maintenance I Am

From the movie When Harry Met Sally

Harry Burns: There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.
Sally Albright: Which one am I?
Harry Burns: You're the worst kind. You're high maintenance but you think you're low maintenance.

Have you ever been accused of being high maintenance? Do you consider yourself  low maintenance?  Finally, if you are having dinner with your mother and she informs you that you are the Sally Albright type of woman, who is high maintenance, but thinks she is low maintenance - is  it appropriate to toss items from the bread basket in her direction?

Comments

[AOC]

I am a cactus. Water me once a week and I am ok. My spouse accuses me of being low maintained to make her look bad.

and yes you can throw bread at your mom to prove you are low maintainance.

[Miz UV]

I'm not sure of the definitions. I like to spend a lot of money on clothes, house stuff, and nice dinners, but I don't need a bunch of gifts and trips and cards and flowers. A little attention is good, but not too much cuz it'll interfere with my blogging. ;)

[Melody]

Bread roll tossing is fine, but I'm not sure about tossing a whole loaf...

I'm pretty low maintenance I think. Well, at least I believe I am. I can't remember being accused of being high maintenance...

[Mr. Althouse]

I am not aware of having been accused of being high maintenance and I do not believe that I am. If my mother informed me otherwise, I do believe that breadbasket projectiles would be the appropriate response. Yes, I am sure of it.

[aka_monty]

I would probably throw a napkin or two as well.

I'm relatively low maintenance, except for the fact that I do need attention from a significant other. Frequently.

[MissMeliss]

My mother and I are both high maintenance. And proud of it.

[burntofferings]

I think that I am HIGH Maintenance, but that could just be a guy thing... ;)

[Marisa]

Very low maintenance here, but we are so much better off than others.

Bread baskets worn as hat ornaments or around the collar are very popular amongst certain mothers at the moment.

[Becky68]

I don't consider myself high maintenance & have been told I was just the opposite (though that was easily 10 years ago) I guess- since I've been a very single mother for 7+ years I'm NO maintenance.
I would love to throw bread at my mother but she's too far removed from popular culture to know who Sally Albright is & so would not make the accusation.

[MommaK]

Favorite. Movie. Ever. (okay, maybe a tie with Princess Bride) *sigh* I used to want to be Sally Albright when I grew up. I still think of the airport scene every time I fly anywhere.

And, yes, throwing is indeed a good option. I also like to flick ice cubes.

[mrc1471]

i am totally high maintenance, BUT I think that there is always someone (in my case, my husband) that feeds into my high maintenance..hee hee

[Mamacita]

I am very low-maintenance. If I were a little more high-maintenance, I'd probably look better.

[rosemary]

I am pretty low maintenance. I have only one rule....no gifts with plugs. I do like bling but don't go anywhere to wear it. My mother didn't like me much in general, so ya, I's probably throw the roll at her just to irritate things a bit.

[Jennie]

No one's ever called me high maintenance. I think I'm low to medium. Not the bread. I'd blow the straw paper in her direction, unless it was a fine restaurant. Then the cork.

[Stephanie Davies]

I'm high maintenance and I know I'm high maintenance, and make sure my hubby knows I'm high maintenance. I have no illusions there. My mother would tell me I'm impossible maintenance lol

[kenju]

I am low maintenance - but he thinks I am high maintenance. Woe unto him if he ever comes into contact with a real high maintenance woman!! LOL

[Janet]

Yes, yes and yes!

[Shephard]

Not high maintenance.
Not low either.
Anything on the table is fair-game for tossing.
~S

[Tanya (aka Netchick)]

I get accused of that all the time, even though I think I am easy going. Then again, my best friend is also mean, so he could just be messing with me.

[flleenie]

It is never appropriate to throw bread at your Mom, yet I am low-maintenance!!!..

[Just a trumpet player]

I've been accused of being to low maintenance... But then again, what can you expect from a trumpet player ?

Ah ! Mash potatoes also make great projectiles !!

[Finn]

I never know how to answer this question. I require a bit of maintenance, but it's all self-maintenance. Does that count?

Toss away, I say.

[Connie]

Such low maintenance is me. Just DON'T ask anyone who knows me. ;)

I agree with Finn, about the self-maintenance thing, and no it shouldn't count. I HATE when a woman taking care of herself is considered a NEGATIVE!! Men say they want a low maintenance woman but do they really want her to look that way? I know a PARTICULAR blogger who goes for a weekly mani-pedi, has regular hair and facial appointments, and has a mini beauty parlor in her bathroom. Sure she spends money on herself but she works hard for it and it's her money. PLUS, everyone I know thinks she is low-maintenance because she doesn't demand material or emotional stuff from friends or lover. She is only high-maintenance if you ask her mother.

End of rant.

[Denise]

I stand proudly in the queue at the High Maintenance table. I like my decaf nonfat sugar-free hazelnut lattes. I don't like camping, even if it's at a 3-star hotel. I expect a man to open the door for me if we're walking together. My husband and I are buying a brand-new townhouse because I like things "just so" and I didn't like the idea of having to do the work to make someone else's old house into my dream house.

(It is, possibly, not a good thing to be simultaneously allergic to hard work AND high maintenance.)

[panthergirl]

I consider myself to be low-maintenance, but unfortunately have often settled for being NO maintenance. (hence three marriages, no engagement rings).

Maybe I'm high maintenance in the sense that I do need/like a lot of verbal stroking and reassurance. But don't all bloggers? ;)