9 or 10
I'm OBSESSIVELY neat, clean, organized..... Messy really bothers me.....
This extends throughout my house, my cars, my office space at work...... it applies to my hygiene and clothes, too.
I come by it naturally, I inherited the gene from my mother who is as bad as I am.
My wife is probably a 5. She desires things to be free of germs and such - things are clean in that sense - but she's okay with a world that is "lived in" (as she puts it); she has no need to "live in a museum" as she puts it. But we've worked this out. I get to do the cleaning. She does the laundry but otherwise.... I'm the house cleaner. Gives me pleasure and joy. And she lets me be as "crazy" (as she puts it) as I like. But she just watches me (or leaves!). She takes no offense if I pick up her coffee mug and take it to the kitchen to wash and put away.... as long as she's finished with her coffee. She stops me ONLY when we have company.... making me promise I will NOT constantly clean up after our guests but wait until all have left. I do. But it bothers me a lot. We've worked it out.
When I cook, I clean as I go because I can't cook if the kitchen is a mess....
When I work, I clean up my work space as I go because I can't work in a mess....
I wash both cars weekly generally (inside and out, including treating the leather and washing windows inside and out) and wax 4 times a year. I'm careful to take trash, etc with me as I exit the car.
I'd say I'm a 9
YOU?
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