In Some Areas, High Maintenance is Good
BySo, the article, Four Signs She’s High Maintenance, posted yesterday, hit some nerves. (Interesting private feedback, I might add. Come on, gang, let it out!)
I thought I’d give some LBB perspective on the first sign that “she” is high maintenance (according to this article’s author). Apparently, she will have a High H.B.A. factor (which stands for “Health, Beauty & Accessories”). This means they spend way too much time on their looks.
I get it. To a point. But, I have to take issue with this one because we LBBs are often accused of this behavior. Yet, admit it, guys. You want to be with women who look good – to both you and other predators.
Something tells me my hair in a scrunchy all day isn’t exactly going to be eye-catching, ya know? And, unless you are a hippie and really dig the uber au naturel look, you want someone who is familiar with a razor.
Also, LBBS are older. And, quite frankly, at this point it takes a lot of time and effort to keep things up, away, and the proper color. Actually, any woman over 28 will tell you this.
I believe the larger issue is men have no inkling what it takes to look just plain natural. Unless you are under 28, it takes something to look like you were just “born with it.” Forget being a glamazon, I can name 10 beauty treatments women do regularly in order to look like they’ve done nothing. (Believe me, I’d rather be doing almost anything else than sitting under a hair dryer any day. But, I’m unwilling to be labeled a “schlumpadinka” either.)
So perhaps, the better idea is that one should keep their beauty secrets, well, secret. I mean, does anyone need to know how many hair curling and straightening appliances I own? I think not. (Unfortunately, Husband has caught me in hot roller too many times, try as I might to keep the entire regime behind closed doors. He just keeps sneaking up on me.)
Rather than consider someone is high maintenance because they hit the spa now and again, how about considering the fact they can’t stop talking about their regime or they flaunt their beauty treatments as being more egregious than doing it at all? Or, rather they would rather spend time at the salon than with you?
Because, really, if you want to know the truth, it takes a village to raise a goddess.
6 Comments
September 29th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Excellent post, a woman has to look good
September 29th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Thanks, Emma! Someday I’ll get around to posting about the guys I (continuously) meet who are holding out for a Victoria’s Secret model and then complain about how long it takes for women to get ready. If they only knew…
September 29th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
When I was shopping for my first Mercedes sedan, the salesman corrected me when I called it a “luxury” car. He said it was a “high performance” car (fact or spin? Hmmm?). Such cars need a little extra investment to keep them, well “high performance.”
Let’s face it, most of us would rather be seen in a shiny new Mercedes than a “cash for clunkers” candidate. So we might want to rethink our view of our women; they aren’t “high maintenance” they are “high performance.” Aren’t they just beautiful?
September 29th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I also appreciate a man who knows a thing or two about visiting a spa himself, from time to time, and I’m not about to call him egotistical or high maintenance. Caring about yourself, your looks, and your personal hygiene does not make one “high maintenance”. And, for a Virgo, frankly, it’s non-negotiable, a real deal breaker.
September 29th, 2009 at 11:45 pm
Spending time to look good is great, and very much appreciated, as long as the time spent does not mean that you are going to be late for whatever it is for which you are trying to look good. I actually find the “fluffing and buffing” process interesting and very endearing. In a way, it is a gift. She takes the time to look good, and I’m the beneficiary of that effort. How can you not love that?
To me, “high maintenance” is more a matter of attitude than hygiene, dialect, or presentation. I consider a woman to be “high maintenance” when the thing you and she have most in common is that SHE is at the center of both your universes!
October 1st, 2009 at 2:35 am
Well said, Ed. High maintenance is an attitude thing. And since when have people started complaining about women who look well-groomed?
Looking forward to more belly laughs, Suzanne!