How would you take it?
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Topic: How would you take it?
Posted By: Lisha
Subject: How would you take it?
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 3:40pm
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My sister in law said that our girls were "high maintenance" !!
I was a bit offended! She has 2 boys. I am still not sure to laugh it off or was she trying to make a point? What do you think? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 3:43pm
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If someone said that about Issy .. I wouldnt think it was a good thing! ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 3:44pm
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LOL How can a 1 and 3 yr old be high maintenance!
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 3:45pm
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I don't know.
I think one of my friends kids is high maintenance but I wouldn't say it. And when I think that it's because she's extremely clingy, can't be out of sight from her mum the whole time even though she's over 2 and she's always been like that because she never spends time away from her mum like ever. |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 3:51pm
I am not sure why she said it... 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 3:53pm
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My interpretation of high maintenance - is I guess like grown women who need to be entertained a lot and like lots of toys etc. Is that what your sil meant?
I've always found little boys more hard work than little girls IMHO. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 3:58pm
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Not sure what she meant. Maybe they do need more attention than her boys.? We were all at the batch together over New Years. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 4:23pm
Maybe its cause girls are more talkative and like interaction where as boys are more play in the dirt type things  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 4:53pm
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It could of been her saying that they are a little more hard work than her boys. I have found my friends girl is more demanding than my boys. And that may come under high maintainence to her. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Danaj
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 6:12pm
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I've always found girls want more people interaction by way of conversation and people reaction. It's just the way little girls seem to be. Boys (most, not all) seem to be happy to get on with things if they have something to entertain them.
Nothing wrong with either. Just the differences between boys and girls. Some research suggests these reasons might be why girls often tend to read/talk earlier than boys but that's just something I read. I wouldn't describe that as High Maintenance. Perhaps she is just used to boys and doesn't understand little girls. ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wyI1oWn/"> 
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Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 7:42pm
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Yep I would think maybe that was it? Although I would take that as a compliment what a funny thing to say? ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4 
 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 8:01pm
is this the SIL you have some problems with ? I say , unless every single person you meet tells you how high maintanence they are, take what she says with a grain of salt (and in your head poke your tongue out at her and say neh neh neh! , cos thats more fun )  ------------- 
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 8:21pm
Haha thanks, no this is another SIL, she is sometimes as bit wacky and was suprised with this comment! 
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Posted By: blondie
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 8:21pm
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I have one of each sex and yip sometime my girl is harder as she like to be around us all the time even more when friends are here and my boy can also be hard work - hopefully your sil just meant it as a passing comment as she has yet to experience having girls. ------------- 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 8:24pm
then, my chickadee, thats all that matters .  -------------
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 8:52pm
oh god lisha your girls aren't high maintenance!!! they are both lovely
charli is definately more high maintenance than jack because she wants my attention more...jack is happy to play without me ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 January 2009 at 9:27pm
| Gee, I always thought Boys were more high maintenance than girls. At three Jake needed constant supervision and ran around like a nutter, whereas my gf's little girl would sit nicely and play beads for HOURS. I was so jealous. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 06 January 2009 at 8:09pm
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I would have just taken it as girls want ("need" ) more clothes and accessories than boys. It might have been that they chat a lot more and stuff... but who cares? The fact is that probably each of you are used to the gender that you have so you think her boys would be tougher to look after and she thinks the reverse. Just grin and say, "I'm not so sure about that... but I wouldn't trade them for the world!" ------------- |
Posted By: BabyKiwi
Date Posted: 12 January 2009 at 9:48pm
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Hey chick, just read this!
Would this be the SIL I was talking about before xmas?? If it is, she really has a cheek! The day I met her, both her boys went into the most spectaclar tantrums! Your girls are def not high maintenance! |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 13 January 2009 at 7:30am
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Geee thats a rde thing to say just ignore her maybe she all jelloues of your cute girls ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 13 January 2009 at 7:50am
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I have met them and they aren't high maintenance..just normal little girls..but I do find girls more full on than boys..but i wouldn't say high maintenance...it would irritate me if my SIL said it about my kids.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: BabyKiwi
Date Posted: 13 January 2009 at 11:49am
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It is true about some girls being more active but that then changes as they get older, the boys become more active and the girls less so!
I wouldn't wory too much about it, we all love your girls! |
Posted By: AzzaNZ
Date Posted: 13 January 2009 at 1:00pm
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Girls are high maintenance arent they?
I dont think I'd be offended - guess it depends on how she said it/what her intentions were. |