You're on a date and everything is clicking. You go back to the other person's house and know instantly there will be no outing after this. What happened? (Did they not offer you free food and Wi-Fi?)
Wayfair.com rounded up more than 2,000 people and asked about their biggest house-related pet peeves, something that would make them wreck a new relationship. From most to least common:
- Smelly home
- Grimy bathroom
- Bad plumbing (e.g. clogged toilet)
- Too much dirty laundry
- Unwashed sheets
- Pets behaving badly
- No heat or air conditioning
- Stained or dirty dishes
- Dirty windows
Interesting note on the pets: While 41 percent said pets would not be a problem, 24 percent and 21 percent said rodents and reptiles, respectively, would be a problem.
Basically, make sure your house is clean and smells nice before inviting a date over. However, it didn’t stop there. Wayfair also found out what people don’t like in potential dates’ home decor. The number of people who said decorations would bother them was much smaller than those bothered by cleaning.
- Ripped upholstery
- Ugly or inappropriate artwork
- Broken appliances
- No utensils
- A small bed
- Not enough lighting
- Not enough storage
- Old wall decor
- Not enough photos
- Mismatched furniture
- Brightly painted walls (only 54 of the more than 2,000 people said this bothered them)
- And last, 19 people said they didn't like throw pillows.
The interesting part is that the survey broke the deal breakers down by gender and found men's and women’s top three clean-peeves were the same (smelly home, grimy bathroom, bad plumbing).
As far as living situations go, 49 percent of respondents said they wouldn’t date someone who was living with their parents; 32 percent weren’t interested in anyone in a dorm; and 15 percent wanted nothing to do with people with roommates.
Like the study says, clean up before a date and maybe hide your iguana.
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