I am getting ready to move in with my guy and I have been on a cleaning rampage! Tonight I was hoping to get started with the wet vacuum we borrowed from his mother but I let the kitchen suck me in and I’m a little annoyed because I feel like there’s still a lot to do.
Luckily, his supremely filthy roommate moved out. He moved in with his girlfriend. I almost feel sorry for her, but she had seen his room on many occasions and knew what she’s getting into: SUPREME NASTINESS. We were shocked and amazed when he was out by the end of the month, as promised.
These pictures were taken after he had moved HALF of his shit out. I have never seen this anything of this nasty magnitude; these pictures don’t even do the squalor justice. I mean, who not only never cleans, but just continues to add junk? And for TWO YEARS?! When he was asked to tidy up enough to room so the balcony (in his room) could be accessed, it took him an entire month to make a pathway through the filth. But now the room is empty, had a shit-ton of sage burned, vacuumed, and ready to scream the wet vacuum’s name. Thank fucking god.
Took three months to get that path to the balcony. Summer was almost over by the time he finally got around to it. Bon voyage, fuckface!
Eeew, so gross. Boys are yucky!
I love how there are shirts hanging neatly in the closet–THAT YOU CAN’T GET TO.
speechless
Wow, that is amazing, a woman actually volunteered to take the guy in after seeing THAT?? I wonder just how good in bed a guy would have to be for that equation to balance out.
He must be AMAZING!
Ah!!! Reminds me of my mom’s house, which is always a little bit filthy, even when she’s “cleaned” it. There’s a big difference between being untidy and being filthy, and the filthiness seems to be some kind of unstoppable disease when it exists. You work your ass off cleaning it up, and then come back to visit a week later and it looks like a hurricane came through. I know about this all too well!
Did I miss the memo/post where you mentioned you were moving in with your boyfriend??
Because: WOW and YAY!
I don’t understand how people live like that. I have tenants whose entire apartments look like that. Makes me throw up in my mouth just envisioning it.
That’s bad, but I’ve seen worse. Sometimes guys just let shit go when they are left to their own devices–they need a woman to keep them in check. But what woman in their right mind would take on this kind of project? Anyway, uncleanliness certainly can cause depression.
FYI, Diamond Rental is a good place to rent wood chippers. You could just set one up in his room and have at it.
Yay for moving in with cute boyfriends! And boo for having to clean up someone else’s mess…that pile is amazing.
I’d set off an insect bomb just to be safe. Yikes.
Yay for shacking up!!!
Good job you!
ewwww
OK, first of all big congratulations on moving in with the boy because that’s awesome!
Secondly, I have a bilateral eyetwitch from the unholy horror that is his former roomate’s bedroom. How the hell do you GET that messy? Just HOW? Eep.
Happy New Year, Pants!
And it sounds like you’re starting out with a bang. You sure took Obama’s “Change” message to heart.
Yay for shacking up with the cute guy! Um, the room looks like my ex-husband’s when we moved him out to get married. And yes, I married him anyway and yes, it was a sign. Please tell his girlfriend to run screaming like her hair’s on fire.
I don’t feel so bad about my place now.
Awwww . . . I’m sure he’s fun at parties. My house looked that way once when I was too busy studying/partying to do anything else: a vortex of cute clothes I never wore and old mail I thought I had to do something about. The one orderly area was my art space, clean but cluttered. My solution? Give everything to the Salvation Army or throw it in the trash. Then stop buying crap.
The more my house looks like a hotel room the happier I feel. It actually gives me more time for studying / partying.
Congrats on moving in together! And this is going to sound really bad, but I’ve seen worse.
i don’t claim to be the neatest person in the world, but YIKES!
Holy God! Can you say grosser than gross? Congrats on the big Shack Up!!!
I think those are my socks in that second picture. Can you tell him to send them back?
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