German Woman Divorces Husband for Being a Neat Freak

German Woman Divorces Husband for Being a Neat Freak

The notion of a husband who loves to clean, fold laundry, and do other daily chores is such a turn-on that it inspired a picture book, Porn for Women. But men beware — before you run off to buy a Swiffer and a gallon of Lysol in the hopes of wooing your wife to bed (or bath, or beyond), know that there’s a fine line between squeaky clean and psycho sterile.  

This week, a German man learned this lesson the hard way when his wife divorced him for his obsessive cleanliness. She was apparently able to tolerate his overly zealous behavior (constantly tidying up and rearranging furniture) for 15 years, but felt he had finally crossed the line when he decided to deal with a dirty wall the hard way: by knocking it down and rebuilding it. 

One can’t help but wonder if there were earlier warning signs that the husband had totally lost it. Did he shave and wax his head to resemble Mr. Clean? Might he have stapled mop heads to the bottom of his shoes and started  moonwalking more than usual?

It’s unlikely we will ever know. But one thing’s for sure: somewhere in central Germany is now the cleanest bachelor pad ever known to mankind.