Random Plush.
1. Plush listens to NPR. This delights me. I can’t explain why. Maybe because I would not have guessed it and unpredictability is interesting.
2. During a conversation with Plush, I confessed that I have a thing for high-maintenance, crabby women. I realize that this really does not tend to work in my favor. Crabbiness is not a great thing to find arousing in a person since most people do not equate their crabby mood with gettin’ it on.
Why can’t I just be a normal weirdo and like feet or something? I don’t know why, but crabbiness sets my teeth on edge in a good way.
3. Plush made an audible cooing sound when I mentioned Atonement. Mind you, I was telling her about how I made fun of The Italian. But uh…yeah, I’d take her. I’d take her if it was only showing in the next state.
See? High-maintenance. Something is wrong with me.
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Just a random attorney writing about daily life with Little Filthy, my rotten dog.
January 27th, 2008 at 8:57 am
I don’t get the high maintenance thing at all, but I kinda get the crabbiness to a certain extent. I like snarky, somewhat bitchy people (probably because I’m snarky and probably somewhat bitchy myself).
It’s too much work to be around people that are happy happy joy joy all the time.
I want to hit those people.
January 27th, 2008 at 9:39 am
I think I can explain the high maintenance thing. Everything that people associate with being high maintenance is stereotypically female and I am a complete sucker for anything stereotypically female. It’s really sort of ridiculous.
It’s funny – I thought people would have a harder time believing that I like the crabbiness.
January 27th, 2008 at 9:51 am
I can see what you mean about the stereotypically female high maintenance thing but I don’t think I know anyone who would admit to being high maintenance. Heh, I’m probably high maintenance but don’t even know it. We’ll have to wait for Chris to comment
January 27th, 2008 at 9:53 am
I think I understand. High maintenance can also mean good hygiene, which is always a plus. Also, the older a woman gets, the more high maintenance she needs to be to bear any resemblance to her former self. Ask any husband if he appreciates the effort.
And crabbiness could correlate with authenticity, which is also a good thing, especially if some dry sarcasm or humor is mixed in. Just a guess.
January 27th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Angie – I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.
January 27th, 2008 at 10:43 am
So here’s my thought on it. High maintenance in most people I know tends to have repercussions that makes me want to hit them on the head with a frying pan
I’m stereotyping here, but most of the high maintenance women I know also tend to act… less that intelligent, which bothers me. A lot. These things don’t always have to go hand-in-hand but I’ve had plenty of interfacing with high maintenance women and they generally bother me.
Now crabby, snarky, whatever… I can take that. As Angie mentions the authenticity thing, I totally agree. I’ll harken back to a previous comment I made about LA people. I don’t like LA people because of the sheer lack of authenticity in most I know. Take that away from snarkiness and I want to run and hide.
January 27th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Who said I needed someone intelligent?
Okay, I am completely kidding there…Intelligence is very attractive in a woman. And you’re definitely spot on that many high maintenance types don’t inspire thoughts of Stephen Hawking.
Do you see how limited the population of available, attractive women is becoming to me?
January 29th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
You’re just looking for the best that’s all – as any person who cherishes their single life should. Funny because I used to be high maintenance and crabby – now I’ve downgraded myself to totally “chill” girlfriend.
Wait – nope – hmmm…thinking – on Friday night I was coming down with my nasty illness and once 2:00 am hit I really, really wanted to go home. We were standing in the middle of this pizza shop and I just blurted (in front of all of his guy friends) “we’ve got to go now! I’m done! I’m just done!” It was hilarious. I’ve never seen a man jump so fast… I guess I’m just me…all of the time. Single moms don’t have time to censor ourselves.
Thank god she listens to NPR…my boyfriend changed the channel the other day and it actually irked me. Lack of adequate NPR listening is a red flag for me. So – no – you’re not weird.