High Maintenance ? - Not really. She runs her shop/ plants one crop rice on 16 Rai/ takes care of one son (send him to good school)/ takes care of Ma and Fa/ and genreally seems happy with her life. I help her when I can - usually with the larger $ problems - and she runs along everyday on her own. So really not bad as far as Thai girl goes. We do what we can - Have to ACCEPT.
PS. She doesn't get everything she wants - but who does