Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Today's Topic: "HIGH MAINTENANCE" Women

Today's food for thought... I received an email from one of my best friends this morning highlighting the following article... read and then provide feedback... I would like to know what you think...

"...men “call you high maintenance if you look like you don’t need anyone to take care of you.”" -FROM http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/us/19marriage.html?em

ummm... wouldn't it actually be the opposite though? Think about it. If I don't need you to take care of me, wouldn't that make me low maintenance on your end.

Also from the article: "Ms. Zielinski, the fashion stylist, said her best friend, a man, told her once: “ ‘You are confident, have good credit, own your own business, travel around the world and are self-sufficient. What man is going to want you?’ He laughed, but I found that pretty depressing.”"

Recently, someone made a similar comment to me. I concur with I found it depressing, amongst other things

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