Is it possible to be too low-maintenance to your spouse/SO? - I think so. Some people languish in neglect and never make issue simply due to self-esteem issues. Ultimately, the time bomb is ticking.
Would a low-maintenance SO still earn your respect? - I give respect to everyone until they abuse it. So take that as a yes.
Do you prefer your SO to be high maintenance, and if so why? - I must. I attract intelligent, strong - willed women, so I must want that, right?
A friend told me the other day that I was too low maintenance for a woman. He said he'd never date a woman who: (1) opened her own doors, (2) offered to pay for dinner, (3) liked to take the lead in bed, (4) got ready faster than him in the morning (I take about 10 minutes), (5) and had no problems being blunt. Said a lady shouldn't act this way.
What do you think? - I'm comfortable with 1-4 as long as the lady does not mind having it both ways. 5 is a toughie. I don't want BS but I'm living with a lady that works overtime grinding her heels into my ego. So, right now, I would not be objective. I think blunt is ok as lonf as there is some feeling about hurtfulness.
Does a more demanding woman create mystique? - It depends on the woman. I beleieve it has more to do with lack of openess and less with demands.
Make you feel like you had to work hard and thus conquered? - I always work hard at relationships, maybe not in the correct direction based on my experience. I have felt more like we have been soulmates discovering each other rather than I conquered her.
I come from a family of very strong women that overcame lot's of disadvantages. How could I not like a strong woman?
