Are You High or Low Maintenance in Relationships?

By: Mark Lichtenstein
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
Are You High or Low Maintenance in Relationships?
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About This Quiz

We have all been in relationships where we had to be the adult, or where we felt assured that we were not responsible for our partner getting out of bed in the morning. The question is, which romantic partner are you?
Who makes the plans most of the time?
We split it.
I do it more than half the time.
I do it most of the time.
I do it all the time.

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How often does your partner make dinner?
Fairly often
Less than half the time
Rarely
Never

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Never mind who made it: who decides what you're having for that dinner?
We split that decision.
I do it slightly more than half the time.
I do it most of the time.
It's always me.

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Does your partner regularly have to remind you to go to bed?
Not often
Occasionally
Frequently
Every night

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Do you over-spend the family budget?
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often

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Do you automatically factor your partner into your smallest decision?
Of course I do.
I do most of the time.
Some of the time
Rarely

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Do you spoil your partner a lot?
Loads of times
Plenty
Rarely
Never

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Who organizes the paying of the bills?
We divide up chores like that.
We take turns.
It's usually me.
It's always me.

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Who makes the arrangements for Thanksgiving and Christmas?
We both jump on that.
We talk about it and then one of us tackles it.
It's always me.
No one

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Do you think your partner is a little lazy?
No, not even a little
Maybe sometimes
A bit
Very much

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Does your partner have to remind you to eat green vegetables?
No
Sometimes
Frequently
All the time

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Do you have to speak to your partner's family more than they speak to yours?
No
Sometimes one or the other of us does it more
Yes, a bit
A lot

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Do you buy most of the groceries?
No, we do it together.
We take turns.
Usually
If I didn't do it, we'd starve.

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Has your partner ever had to apologize for something you did?
No, never
Once
A few times
Oh yeah, all the time

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Have you ever gotten drunk at a time that meant your partner had to take care of you?
No
Once or twice
A few times
Loads of times

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Can you be totally relaxed around your partner?
Yes
Most of the time
Sometimes
Never

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If you have a bad day, do you know that seeing your partner will make it all better?
Yes
Usually
Sometimes
Never!

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Does your partner make most of the decisions about how your household is run?
No, we have a meeting about it.
Not unless one of us is in the hospital.
Usually
Always!

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Do you ever embarrass your partner at parties?
No, never
Only a couple times
Every once in a while I step out of bounds.
I'm a mess, so yeah.

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Do you ever act silly just to make your partner laugh?
Every day!
If I can't think of anything else that will work.
No, I'm a serious person.
No, why is their laughter my responsibility?

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Are you ever annoyed instead of thrilled to hear your partner's ring tone coming out of your phone?
No, never
No, but sometimes I'm alarmed that something bad has happened.
Yes, most of the time. It's never good.
I just turn off my ringer these days.

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Does your partner mind if you need some alone time?
Sure
Sure, unless they have a real problem.
No, not most of the time
No, never

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Do your friends think your partner is good for you?
Yes, they envy us.
Yes, they think we're good fun.
No, they think one of us is out of the other's league.
No, they think we are poison to each other.

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Do you feel proud to be with your partner?
Yes, very much
Yes, almost always
Not very often
No

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If your partner left their socks on the floor, would you tidy them?
Sure
Probably
Maybe
No

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Have you ever done your partner's laundry?
Once, when I was was asked.
When they were going on a trip.
I do it a lot.
I always end up doing it.

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Who collects the dry cleaning?
Whoever is free.
We take turns.
Usually I do.
I always do.

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A button has come off your shirt! What now?
I'll fix it.
I'll ask my partner to fix it.
I'll tell my partner to fix it.
I'll tell my partner to take it to the dry cleaner to fix it.

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Your partner is having a busy week. What might you do to help them out ?
Plan meals and take care of household chores
Do a couple of their chores
Give them extra affection
Nothing

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Do you know that your partner's arms are the ultimate safe place?
Yes, I do.
Usually, unless the game is on.
It's not the first place I'd go.
No

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