


The possibilities are endless when cleanliness is basically their hobby.ġ7. They have their own *special* set of plates and bowls which live in a separate cupboard and are strictly NOT for general everyday use by the likes of you.ġ8. They get angry when you don't keep the cushions and throws on the sofa 'nice'. Nice coasters, novelty washing up gloves. Ever.ġ6. They're dead easy to buy gifts for, though. They're two words a neat freak doesn't want to hear. You're terrified to lean on any surfaces in case you end up with bleach stains all over your clothes.ġ5. Spontaneous baking is not welcome in your household. Which you probably will since you're shaking with nervous terror.ġ4. The smell of bleach is omnipresent. It's not worth the wrath of the neat freak if you spill any. It's bizarre.ġ1. You quickly learn "tidy" is not the same as "clean".ġ2. You've been known to eat over the sink or outside due to the fear of making a mess.ġ3. You can never buy red wine. Bed impeccably made, clothes actually IN the wardrobe rather than lying on the floor next to it like the wardrobe has vommed them out. Their room looks like a hotel suite every damn day. It's Fairy Liquid all the way, none of this own-brand nonsense.ġ0. (Maybe.)Ĩ. Living with a neat freak is incredibly bad for your self-esteem because in contrast to them you feel like a messy, filthy beast, even though your cleanliness standards are probably the national average.ĩ. The cleaning products at your place are totally luxe. Therefore you barely ever have to do any, as they always get to that stage long before you.Ħ. Your possessions go missing and are put away in their 'proper' places, which means you have look high and low for anything you expect to be where you left it in a heap in the lounge.ħ. They give you scathing looks when you don't clear up after yourself instantly, even when it's a teaspoon you put on the side TWO SECONDS AGO and was totally about to rinse.

Oops.Ĥ. You spend most house parties supporting them through their nervous breakdown as they eagerly hook bin bags to every available door handle and follow your guests round with a sponge soaked with Flash.ĥ. You have totally different barometers of when it's "time for a clean". Turns out the neat freak, who isn't that into the whole 'let's just leave the dishes in the sink' thing. On Wednesdays we wear marigolds.Ģ. Their shop-standard folding of clothes is frankly TERRIFYING.ģ. At first you thought you lived in Hogwarts because your dishes seem to magically disappear from the sink within 5 minutes. 1. Your social calendar has to be organised around the unavoidable cleaning rota.
