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Episode 46: The Hygiene Episode: What To Do If Your Partner Isn’t Taking Care Of Themselves

Pillow Talks

Vanessa & Xander Marin

Health & Fitness, Sexuality

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

If you’re like many people, hygiene seems pretty basic. Take a shower, brush your teeth, wear deodorant, what’s so hard about that?

So you may find yourself confused about why your partner can’t seem to take good care of themselves.

How can your partner expect you to want to kiss them, have sex with them, or even be attracted to them in the first place if they haven’t kept up basic hygiene habits?

In today’s episode, we’re tackling the topic you’ve been dying for us to address: your partner’s hygiene - or lack thereof.

Check out the show notes at vmtherapy.com/episode46

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0:00.0

For so many people, things that seem basic and simple are really not.

0:10.7

Hello and welcome to the Pillotox podcast.

0:14.0

We're your host, Vanessa.

0:15.4

And Zander Marin.

0:16.7

I'm a sex therapist with over 20 years of experience.

0:19.7

And I'm just a regular dude.

0:21.3

We share the ups and downs in our relationship while giving you step-by-step techniques for improving yours.

0:27.0

Make sure you subscribe for your weekly double date full of totally doable sex tips, practical relationship advice,

0:33.4

hilarious and honest stories of what really goes on behind closed bedroom doors, and so much more.

0:39.8

It's the sex education you wish you'd had.

0:44.1

This week's episode, it's about a topic that you have been begging us to talk about for a very long time.

0:51.1

And that is hygiene.

0:53.5

So we've been hearing from you that you're really struggling with your partner, not taking good care of themselves.

0:59.7

And it is affecting your attraction to your partner, your desire for them, your sex drive, the quality of the sex that you guys are having.

1:07.9

And on the one hand, I understand this.

1:10.7

I think we've all had experiences with this, right?

1:13.1

Noticing our partner, not taking the greatest care of themselves.

1:16.3

Maybe it's even just one day that they forgot to put on deodorant, certainly been guilty of that plenty of times myself.

1:22.4

So we all have experiences with how our partner's hygiene can affect us, right?

1:27.7

It can also be really frustrating if you see that your partner is not doing things that seem really simple and really obvious to you, like brushing their teeth.

1:37.9

But this topic is so much more complex than I think most of us give it credit for.

1:44.8

And to be honest, we've been hearing your requests for us to talk about this topic for a very long time.

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