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Interesting that you were talking about your wife's high-maintenance behavior. I've noticed that the most high-maintenance women tend to be married, and the least high-maintenance ones (the ones who can take care of themselves, and who want a partner and a friend, not a servant or a sugar daddy) tend NOT to be.
I hear complaints all the time (and see the behavior) that men I know put up with, and cannot figure out WHY they put up with it. But it does seem like the most demanding women (the ones who require flowers on every minor holiday, and jewelry on every major holiday; the ones who require a phone call at a certain time every day; the ones who refuse to cook dinner or clean house even though they're unemployed, etc.) are the ones men fall in love with and marry.
