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Dear Stephen Shirley, I've been dating a guy for close to three years, and I need some advice on a major issue

I'm having with him. I love this man, and he is a great guy. He loves me too, and we have

been talking about marriage. But here's my issue. I cannot stand going to his house, because it is

always a mess.

When we spend quality time together, we're always at my house, and I have to encourage him to pick up after himself and not eat all over my house.

He and his teenage son live like slabs, and I have told him that I don't feel comfortable at his house. There are clothes and

shoes all over the place, old food containers in the kitchen and living room, empty bottles

and mail thrown everywhere. And I won't even mention the bathrooms, okay? As you can imagine,

there is also a very bad stuffy odor in the house, too.

When we first met, I asked him if he needed me to help him hire a cleaning service to come

in and help out.

He said he was ashamed and he would do it himself.

But over time, nothing's changed and it's gotten worse, not better. Now, the worst part is that he's starting to smell like his house.

Don't get me wrong. He's never had an issue with hygiene, but his clothes have started looking dirty and smelling funky just like his house.

I have been making up excuses to avoid intimacy with him because I'm totally turned off by the

smell.

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