Um, Actually, It IS You
Filed under: Eros - March 29, 2007 @ 6:40 am
The NYTimes ran this amusing article titled “It’s Not You, It’s Your Apartment” about how a person’s decor can be a dating dealbreaker. For instance, this one guy featured has a stuffed baby seal in his apartment. This other guy has forty year old jungle sheets on his bed.
Now if you take a look at these guys, maybe it is them. They’re odd looking eccentric fellows, and most women can’t handle that. I have to admit that the guy with the sheets has an impish Spock thing going, and the sheets ARE awesome - you should go to the article and view the bigger pic.
The tips the article suggested to make yourself date ready are:
- No stuffed animals (at first I thought they meant taxidermy, but they meant stuffed toys - sock monkey, anyone? I’m DOOMED!)
- Don’t live with your mother. The article points out that James Bond wouldn’t do such a thing, so maybe you should have a WWJBD? (What Would James Bond Do?) checkpoint in place.
- Don’t live with your ex.
- Don’t have bad lighting.
- Don’t have high-tech marijuana equipment.
- Don’t have a perpetually partially restored home.
- Don’t have trite art prints like Klimt’s “The Kiss.”
We all have our personal dealbreakers. Like I can’t stand slobs who have clothes piled all over the floor. Or all black furniture paired with a big screen television - I’ve seen that many times. It’s so bachelor pad, but alas, not bachelor pad royale.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Gods, the all black furniture is something I think they give new bachelors here in Atlanta.
My personal deal breaker is the bookshelf of color coordinated books that are not meant to be read. ick.
March 29th, 2007 at 9:30 am
I had a set of those exact same jungle sheets when I was a child, fucking awsome, I am so jealous. Also,I used to have a friend who had that Klimt print, it turned me off to her everytime I walked into her apartment.