Let's be honest, we all live in some level of filth when outsiders aren't visiting. Please, I'm begging you, the next time I come to visit, DO NOT clean up on my accord. I'm not the Queen of England, I'm not going to be offended if I see a couple shoes strewn in the corner, or dishes in the sink. And the reason I say this is, then I won't have to clean up the next time you come over, kind of a pay it forward type situation, for slobs. Let's just all admit to eachother, "hey, my place, it's not a model home from HGTV."
I'm not saying don't maintain a level of cleanliness, you've got to do a bare minimum, if you've got vermin or some kind of other infestation, or your shit smells funny, you're probably doing too little. But no more squeaky clean, all the dishes out of the sink, coffee table looks like it just got a new coat of lacquer, living room looks like no one's ever lived there and its ready for a Good Housekeeping photo shoot. Seriously. You live in your house, I know it gets messy. Know how I know? Because my place gets messy. And it drives me crazy that we have to pretend otherwise anytime someone is coming over. The same people that I would have had over like 3-4 years ago fresh out of college when there were pizza boxes strewn all over the place, now can't come over unless a fresh bottle of mop-n-glo has been applied to the floor. It's nuts.
So I'm calling for a moratorium on all visitor related cleaning. Leave that jacket on the back of the chair, the dishes in the sink, the shoes by the door, the stuff cluttering the counter. Leave the throw blanket all balled up in the corner of the couch, its ok, I know you were just wrapped up in that thing in your underwear 30 minutes ago, its cool. Leave anything and everything that isn't going to give me a viral or respiratory disease. Please, I'm begging you. All I need is enough room to sit down. That's it.
