High Maintenance Woman? What the Hell, it’s Our Mell!

Further to this post, a Guest Post by Sakshi Juneja. Click on Image below to visit the author’s blog.

Before I begin, let me throw open a controversial question;

“How would you describe a high maintenance woman?”

Well, in my opinion she is someone who acts all pricey, loathes discomfort, demands attention (practically 24X7) and can never have enough pairs of shoes.

And my dear friend, Melody, is a fine example of such a breed.

Okay, now before you guys thrash me out here for using Melody as an example when I could have picked anyone from the likes of Aishwariya Rai (now Bachchan), Mallika Shares-a-Lot or Rakhi Sawant Paris Hilton - I do have my reasons and therefore deserve a fair hearing.

My very first experience with your lady’s high maintenance self was couple of months ago. And let me clear this as well, until this episode, I too (like most of you out there) was totally floored by her “girl-next-door” impression – which is such a sham, I tell ya!

So a bunch of us friends were out for an evening, madam was riding along with me in my chota-sa-thakela Santro. Everything was going hunky-dory and then my car’s cooling system gave way. Within minutes (and I have a witness), Mell had moved her butt from my air-con-less ride to another friend’s Ford Ikon. And when I expressed my annoyance, I was told these very words – “Saks, I really can’t take the heat”. I mean WTF!!

And that was only just the beginning!

The more I got to know her, the more exposed I was to her being high maintenance; “Saks we can’t go to Hawaiian Shack - it’s too LS for me”, “Saks please confirm the list of invitees for the weekend with me – I can’t be seen with ‘just’ anyone”, “Saks I can’t sit on your scooter – the helmet will ruin my hair”, so on and so forth.

A week back I accompanied Mell for an NDTV Show hosted by Rajat Kapoor. She was one of the three guests invited to express their views on a particular topic. And no guesses here, the topic was “High Maintenance Women” and no, you don’t need Einstein’s brains to figure that it was me who pushed her to go for it.

Needless to say, with Mell around entertainment is sure shot guarantee!

Once there she mingled with other show guests, the host, production assistance – as if they have been her friends since eternity.

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And frankly, I have always been in awe of her knack of being least conscious and thereby so effortlessly entering the comfort zone of others, even strangers.

As an outsider, I could see that everyone totally adored her and even though her “role” was projected as “high maintenance” – it took a hell-lot to convince this to those present.

Once the camera started to role, Mell zapped into her super sexy avatar and I was like, “This woman will make such an impressive show host”- Seriously babes, television is the way for you!

The host and the other lady guest (apparently the ‘not-high-maintenance’ one, which I so believe was just an act) did their best to tangle our woman down in their web of politically correct jargons – but they should have known better, her profile clearly stated “an avid blogger”.

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It was a fun day and I can’t wait to see it all on TV again, for those who want to catch it, it’ll be on NDTV Goodtimes’ chat show “Lounge” with Rajat Kapoor, this weekend. Here’s the schedule - Lounge is at 3.30pm, 5pm & 11pm most days. Mell should update you on the exact day she’ll be on.

Before I end, here are top three one-liners of day, featuring of course our dearest Mell.

- I don’t think I’m high-maintenance. I’m nice girl!
- Aishwarya Rai has 300 pairs of shoes and I only have a 100.
- Rajat with you, I will even go on a scooter.

Special Note for Mell –
Thanks a ton for a super fun afternoon and yes, you are high-maintenance but believe me darling, you make it all so worth it.

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