Household Hygiene for Dating

Preparing your place for your date.

When dating, having good hygiene is a given. Having good household hygiene unfortunately isn’t.
Let’s be honest, this article is probably aimed at you guys. Why? Because you’re guys. Cleaning and dusting and mopping just isn’t part of your DNA, unless of course, you’re Monk.
But you’re not.
Here are a few tips to get that mess of a geek pad in order before its scrutinized by your date.

The living room is not the laundry room.
Guys treat clothes like basketballs. 3 points for the couch. 2 points for the floor. Unfortunately, your living room, and fondess for sports will be the first thing that a woman will notice when you invite her over for that “movie night.” Believe me fellas, if your place is a dump, the only action you’ll be seeing is in the movie. So, pick up those clothes, and while you’re at it, take out those dishes. Which reminds me…

Dishes need doing.
The goal of dishes isn’t to see how many varieties of mold they can collect. After seeing how spic ’n span your living room is, she’s probably going to say yes to that drink you just offered her. So, why ruin it by leading her to your episode of Dish Hoarders? Oh, and pro tip: Plastic cups   fancy. Go ahead and splurge on a cheap set of wine glasses, or for god’s sake anything glass. Even if she doesn’t come with you to the kitchen she’ll notice that. But you know where she will go? The bath room.

Bathe that bathroom.
Clean the toilet. Clean around the toilet. Lift up the seat and clean in the toilet. Clean the walls next to the toilet. Scrub the floor the toilet sits on. Disinfect the entire area that is even remotely close to the toilet. And when you’re done with that, do it all over again.
Oh, and occasionally changing your shower curtain and wiping your sink of facial hair and toothpaste would be nice too. But, next to the toilet, these are a faaaar second.

Put away those posters.
If it so happens that the two of you make it back to your bedroom, don’t stake the mood in it’s heart by creeping her out with your wall full of questionable posters and toys. Yes, we here at Dating A Geek encourage you to let your full geekiness shine. That being said, women expect men, geek or not, to behave manly. Seeing a room full of toys does not project manliness. Don’t believe me? How about this straight from the geek capitol of the world: Japan.

via Kotaku
You might think those posters of big-eyed little anime girls are cute as a button. But according to FujiTV, nearly 80 percent of Japanese women polled give a big no thanks to dudes who cover their room with stuff like that.

On the FujiTV segment, women were interviewed about whether it was okay for men to decorate their rooms with posters of girls. According to the clip, 79 percent balked. It didn’t just stop there.

“Eh, no way,” replied one young woman, when asked about whether anime or game figurines were okay for a guy to have in his room.

Keep in mind that everything else that we’ve mentioned so far also applies to your room. Actually, it especially applies to your room.

Manly Magazines.
Call this one a hygenic tip for your ego. You know what type of magazines I’m talking about geeks. Who knows, maybe she’s into that sort of thing, but better to give yourself a chance to find out.

Take care of your car.
Did you know that landlords will often look inside your car to see how clean of a person you are? True story. Guess what? Women do the same thing. Not exactly a “household” tip; but, your car goes in your house, or is at least parked near it, so, close enough for me.