Clean Freak Demands Houseguests Change into New Clothes Before Sitting on his Furniture

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    Human body - r/AmltheAsshole u/Fit-Report-5909 • 21h AITA for requiring that guests change clothes before they sit on my furniture?
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    Human body - I'm 20m and I live alone. I'm a very neat person. My mother kept our house pristine growing up and I helped her for as long as I can remember.
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    Font - I recently moved out into my own place and something that I started thinking about was how many germs from outside we track into our houses. I always change out of my clothes as soon as I get home but whenever I have guests they don't. And I have no idea where they've been or what their clothes have been exposed to.
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    Font - About a month ago, I bought a bunch those clear disposable rain coats and I started telling people who I invited over that they could bring a change of fresh clothes to change into or wear one of the coats before they sit on my furniture. I also offer to wash the clothes that they change out of, if they want to.
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    Font - My girlfriend doesn't have a problem with this and started just leaving clothes at my place. My mom and my little sister have also been okay with this new rule. But I invited a friend over yesterday (I told them about the clothes thing before they came) and when they got here they were surprised that I actually enforced it and said "You've got to with me". I told them no, I'm serious and then they left. They haven't been answering my messages either.
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    Smile - I was talking to my mom about it today and she said it was pretty excessive and unreasonable to expect everybody to do. I disagree but Im kind of double guessing myself. Am I in the wrong here?
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    Rectangle - Cultural Section_862. 20h Colo-rectal Surgeon [43] 7 Awards YTA and need therapy, I don't say that disparagingly at.all. I sincerely think you would benefit from professional help ... 38.1k
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    Font - ilp456 - 20h ...ficionado [18] 1 Award Agree. This is extreme and OP needs therapy so I give a gentle YTA. But also, wouldn't it be easier to get large throw blankets to put over the sofa when guests come? 14.3k ...
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    Rectangle - AdEmbarrassed9719 - 20h 1 Award Or just go 80s grandma style and cover all the furniture in clear plastic? 47.5k
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    Font - justmyusername2820 19h ● 1 Award This was my first thought. Be like my grandma was and cover all cloth furniture in plastic and cover all the plastic in homemade afghans 42.7k ...
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    Font - Ornery-Ad-4818 - 18h 1 Award No, he has to do it in the way that causes the most inconvenience to his guests, and makes it clear that he regards them as sources of contamination. OP, YTA, and a germophobe who needs therapy. Do you bring a change of clothes when you visit friends? Do you know anyone else with similar rules? Are you or any of your friends getting sick due to no one else behaving in this bizarre way? I'm betting not. ... 916
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    Font - Previous_Eagle822 17h ● I am so intrigued as to if OP takes a change of clothes when he goes to visit other homes! Applause for you question 407
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    Font - crystallz2000 - 19h Partassipant [2] 2 Awards OP, please go to therapy. It sounds like you have contamination OCD. You need help. ERP therapy might be the way to go. None of this is normal. And your mom may have OCD too. It sounds like you don't know what normal is, but a therapist should be able to help you work through this. 4893 ↓ ...
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    Font - 51 peeved 151 19h 1 Award It's actually beneficial to have a low level of continual exposure to every day "germs", it keeps our immune systems stronger ... 399
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    Font - Big-Refrigerator6766 • 21h YTA. Your mom is right -- it is excessive and unreasonable for you to expect people to change clothes when they come over (assuming you don't suffer from some sort of condition that makes you unusually susceptible to infection). I'm not a psychologist but it sounds like you should consult one. ... 6.3k
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    Font - Always_travelin • 21h YTA. Wow.... just wow. Words cannot describe how socially unaware this post is. You can go with the "my house/my rules" mentality, but don't expect any friends to visit, ever. Who the regularly visits a friend with a change of clothes in hand? ... 42.3k
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    Font - _mmiggs_ 21h Craptain [179] 1 Award Nobody wants to wear a plastic raincoat indoors. That sounds really unpleasant. I suppose you're free to have whatever bizarre rules you want for your own home, but pretty much everyone is going to do exactly what your friend did, and leave. I don't know if that makes you the you a person who is destined to be very lonely. It makes 210
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    Rectangle - Testingthrowaway00. 20h Monado [10] A You aren't an ah, you just have some serious issues. Your thoughts control you instead of you your thoughts. ... 44

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