Ways to Ward off the One: Hygiene

So some of these things seem elementary, as though they need not be mentioned, but apparently... they do... anyone who has been to a convention, knows why I'm mentioning this.

Let's face it guys, you stink! It's called testosterone, and it's not your fault; however, flaunting your masculine aromas is probably not the way to entice a female to want to snuggle or even get within whiffing distance of you. So use some common sense, shower, use deodorant, don't wear the same pants a week straight (yeah, we notice), and wash your hands. Throwing your clothes in the dryer to make them smell better is not only a horrible waste of energy, but is not the same as clean.

With swine flu scares and HPV spreading like wildfire, simple things like washing your hands and watching your hygiene becomes even more important, but women may be even more wary as men could be wielding several potentially painful problems for her. Aside from pregnancy there is the threat of a urinary tract infection. Not washing your hands after using the restroom can spread HPV to anyone you greet by shaking their hand.

If you have had multiple partners and are lacking in personal hygiene, a smart girl sees someone who probably caught something. After all, if you are neglecting hygiene, what else are you neglecting in terms of sexual safety? Although short term connections may not care so much, that long term woman that you want to take home to mama, is probably counting you out because "I don't know where he's been". What you think makes you look like a stud, makes you look like nothing more than someone else's one night stand, to the woman seeking stable long term partnership.

Another thing that may be warding off some of the good ones that get away is tobacco. Spitting chewing tobacco or being kissed by a smoker are both things that are very unattractive to a lot of women. Yeah the woman smoking in the corner might go home with you, but she probably won't have your kids... and would you really want to have her smoke while pregnant with your children? If you do happen to have a woman who cares about the health of your future progeny, she will not take kindly to you smoking, even if you smoked when you met her. Kids change things, and each puff is a threat to the well being of your children.

Your poor hygiene may result in her pain, so your bad habits probably upset her because in a way they are a subconscious threat to her health and well being. In her mind she may be mapping out your potential future together and the possibility of you making her children sick as well. If she has a poor or weakened immune system to begin with, these bad habits pose a future of antibiotics and burning pain, which any woman with experience will probably avoid. So even if you think you are a nice guy, if you have bad hygiene you may not only repulse her, but be viewed as a potential threat.

There's no need to go to the extreme of metrosexual or any other such actions, but looking and smelling like a homeless person, does not make you someone that a woman really wants to take out on a date, much less keep around very long. If you want to have a happily ever after, try cleaning up your act!