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James hits on it pretty well.
I'd say that high maitenance is more along the lines of having expectations that are difficult for anyone to reach.
Example: Girl in HS that I briefly started going out with...
We worked together, and so if I got off earlier than her, she either wanted me to help her with her duties, or she would immediately take a break at the same time so that we could hang out for the entire 30 minutes of her break (which she often extended to as much as an hour). Now that was fine if I didn't have anything to do after work. However there were several times in our brief period of getting together, where I had major commitments that I would be late for if I didn't leave right then...She'd get mad and think I was ditching her, b/c I didn't "want" to spend time with her (it was that I couldn't, not that I didn't want to). Another thing that she kept getting angry at me for was phone calls. If I didn't call when she wanted me to, she got mad at me, thing was she didn't tell me when I should call. She NEVER once picked up the phone and called me when she wanted to talk to me...Her exact line to me was that I should just get a sense that she wanted to talk to me if we had true chemistry...riiight.
So that is a girl who is high maitenence relationship material.
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