My boy Tariq stopped by the crib the other day to check in on me and shoot the breeze. He hadn’t been by since my house warming over a year ago, so of course the place looked different from how he remembered, but I was still taken aback when Tariq said, “Damn, son, you keep your crib mad clean.” I guess people tend to view things differently, because I actually felt like I needed to straighten up but Tariq wasn’t the only one to make a similar assessment of my humble abode.

I’ll just chalk it all up to a difference of opinion and take the compliment in stride. I will say this, though; I do know a mess when I see one. During the holiday break my boy Marcus had an impromptu gathering at his house. It was just a bunch of friends chilling at his crib, playing Spades, drinking and watching the game. I had been through Marcus’ place before but I guess I never had to use the bathroom before because I was caught off guard by what I saw.

No offense to my homie but it was pretty grimy in there. Basically it looked like the bathroom of a straight-up bachelor, which Marcus definitely was. The underside of the toilet seat had pee splatter; there was soap scum around the sink; and the little nub that used to be a bar of soap had hairs on it. I’m a dude and even I was scared to touch anything in there, so I could only imagine what a chick would think. She’s probably do the squat and hover as if she was using a public rest room.

The last thing a bachelor needs is a girl seeing his bathroom looking a mess, because then all your booty plans might just get flushed down the drain. Ladies, how much of a turn-off is a messy bathroom? Would you leave a guy’s crib right before getting on if his bathroom was in disarray? Have you ever dated someone whose place looked like a pigsty? Did they ever clean up or it was always a mess? Do you think how someone keeps their home is reflection of how they’ll treat you?