Specifically in terms of personal hygiene and also housekeeping. To what degree would it bother you or prevent you from dating them? Obviously, there are times when you have married or are in love with someone and their standards change or slip but I’m referring to beginning a romantic relationship. And conversely, if you are by natural messy, would a “neat freak” alienate you?

This is not a personal issue for me – just something a few friends were chatting about over coffee.