He's Just Not That Into The Crap In Your Apartment

| Friday March 30, 2007

This is from the Gothamist, who got it from NY Times, but we thought it was pretty funny.

Here's a funny article in the NY Times House & Garden section about apartment decor as relationship dealbreakers. Here are some of the examples: - Stuffed animals - A grown man's room looking 'like a teenager's room. The computer was up there and the twin bed, his clothes were all over the floor.' - Overhead lighting - Waterless bong, lots of $750 shoes but unrenovated digs - Prints of Klimt's 'The Kiss' or Doisneau's couple kissing - The apartment being too nice - Bed stands with bitten nails - Stuffed baby seal, Sonic the Hedgehog figurines, and Legos (in the apartment of a 46-year-old man)

Sure, a lot of that stuff is weird, but what about when someone you date doesn't have a TV? Or a computer? Or too much technology and electronics? There's a fine line between deliberately kitschy/retro and just being crazy, too. Read More...