A Clean and Organized Life Can Lead to More Sex

Can keeping a tidy home lead to more sex? Recent studies have shown that couples who do chores together, do … other, more fun things together as well. 

Those of us who grew up on ’80s and ’90s TV are sick to death of the stereotype of the slobby husband who only picks up his socks in the hopes that his much hotter wife will have sex with him. But the best thing about these recent articles is that they show that the desire to have a clean and organized home is not carried on the X chromosome. It’s sort of sad, this far into the 21st century, that I still have to point this out, but men like a tidy living space just as much as women do. Also, of course, ladies like sex. 

Let’s look at why picking up around the house can lead to a more exciting sex life. 

 Issues:

• This is a familiar issue in most relationships: one partner does most of the cleaning, while the other makes most of the mess.  

• As a result, resentment builds, both in the partner who cleans and the partner who feels nagged about cleaning. Eventually, arguments ensue.

Solutions:

• Cleaning is easier if you have an organized home. This means that everyone can help with housework with minimal effort. 

• An organized room takes only a few minutes to tidy up. 

• Need to do a deep clean? Serious scrubbing is easier, too, when you have an organized living space. It’s easy to clean when there is a place for everything and everything is already in its place.

• I’m a big fan of putting things in containers. If you use this method of organization, you’ll have much less dusting to do. 

• Sweeping and vacuuming are easy when things aren’t strewn all over the floor.

• Laundry day is no problem when you have a closet set up for your specific needs. 

• Weekends are no longer dedicated to chores because you’ve been maintaining a clean and organized lifestyle throughout the week.

The goal is to find simple solutions. If your partner leaves clothing strewn about the bedroom, buy an open-top hamper (no extra effort required to lift the lid) and place it in the area that gets clothing dumped in the most. Think realistically about what you will and will not do: For example, my husband likes to leave his pjs on the floor next to the bed, so I make sure that he sleeps on the side farthest from the bedroom door, so that I don’t see them when I walk into the room. Out of sight, out of mind.

 Another example: If you hate an unmade bed,  but your partner could care less, then make the bed yourself and have your partner do another task that’s more important to him or her, like making the morning coffee. And if you both hate doing laundry, consider outsourcing. Find a local laundry service that offers pick-up and delivery. It’s all about compromise. 

 Benefits:

• Splitting chores will make you both feel like full, contributing partners in the relationship. 

• You’ll have more time in your day, which leaves more quality time to spend with your significant other.

• Both of you will have less stress in your life, which can result feeling better about your relationship, living space, and life in general. Less stress can equal more desire for happy time.

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