In your relationship, are you the neat/clean one ("clean boo") or the messy/dirty one ("dirty boo")? This came up on Aziz Ansari's Netflix show, Master of None.
Confession, I'm the dirty boo.
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Definitely dirty. I'm a slob and DH is a neat-freak.
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Can we both be the dirty boo?
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Clean-ER. My DH is a total slob and has no anxiety about it. I can be slobby at times out of pure laziness, but it stresses me out when it is a mess. I can't take it.
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I'm the clean one. My husband is not dirty exactly, but he's clutter-blind. Sometimes at bedtime I'll throw something down the stairs to be dealt with later, and he'll literally have to step over it and then when I confront him about it he tells me he didn't see it.
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Clean. I wouldn't say I'm a neat freak but I also can't stand clutter or toys all over the floor. Like I could never go to bed without tidying up...maybe I am a clean freak?
Luckily DH isn't a slob, he just has a higher tolerance for it than I do.
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@avivoca: Right?!?
We're both "cluttery boo" ... we have to try pretty hard to not have crap everywhere, but the house is almost always clean (we deep clean most weekends). If you give DH a solid surface (or basket, etc.), he will inevitably put a t-shirt on it. It drives me insane!!
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Clean for sure! DH is less clean than me, but compared to the general population, I'm sure he would be categorized as clean as well.
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I can't even vote.... we are both the dirty boo
. I'd say that I'm slightly less than he is. I swear he just doesn't even see the mess!
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@avivoca: My thoughts exactly! We are both messy.
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I'm clean boo to the extreme and he's dirty boo to the extreme!
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Two dirty boos over here. It's....not ideal.
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@avivoca: that's my house too
DH has a slight clean boo edge because he will actually clean up and do it in a few hours not over days, I mean weeks.
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Clean!! Although dh isn't that bad either and it's really the kids that are constant mess makers!
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@lawbee11: I'm the same except when the kids just have my at the end of my rope or feeling too sick. But I feel gross about it then!
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I was the messy one in all my previous relationships... until I met my husband. So another vote for 2 dirty boos. Plus a toddler and 2 dogs means we're doomed!
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I didn't realize it until I stopped cleaning (too busy with babies etc) but my husband actually likes things clean! When I stopped cleaning he started! He's also very organized ...
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I am usually slightly more clean than he is but pregnant me is as messy as DH.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: My husband likes to be a clean boo but his version of clean boo is coming home to a clean house that someone else cleaned and I just don't have time for that since I also work full-time. Maybe some day we will have a house-cleaner.
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I'm messy. He's clean. I've been better since we had T and mostly SAH and his career has been more demanding. But we do have a 1x a month Housecleaner so that helps.
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We're both in the middle. We don't like messes and a ton of clutter, but we're not neat freaks and don't have a spotless house, or even a "clean" (by most people's definition) home most of the time. Our home is lived in. There's always toys somewhere, a few dishes in the sink, laundry unfolded somewhere, etc.
I'm probably a tiny beat cleaner than DH, but he's really not bad. And if I ask him to help or to clean something specific, he always does.
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@lawbee11: exactly what you said. I'm you and DH is your DH.
I'm not a total clean freak (I hate doing true cleaning like the shower) but I am a neat. I have to have certain things done before I can relax (living room totally neat, kitchen clean and tidy, bed made nicely and turned down). I sometimes get lazy but can't go more than 24 hours without caving.
DH isn't a total slob but he doesn't really care if anything is neat or clean. When he was a bachelor he didn't clean or tidy a single thing, he just let his cleaning lady do it - but she only came every 2 weeks. So dirty dishes would sit in the sink for 2 weeks, for example. But he's also a minimalist (didn't own much crap), ordered in every meal, and used a lot of paper plates, so it never got too out of control.We finally caved and got a cleaning lady weekly. It's absolutely life changing for me. A total luxury, I don't NEED it. But it's been amazing.
Luckily DH isn't a slob, he just has a higher tolerance for it than I do.
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