Guys Are Slobs/Playing With

Basic Trope: Men are messy, and women are tidy.
 * Played Straight: Bob leaves his clothes on the floor and never makes his side of the bed, and Alice picks up her clothes and always makes the bed every morning.
 * Exaggerated: Bob is The Pig Pen who lives in Trash of the Titans conditions, and Alice is always clean and shows signs of Super OCD
 * Inverted: Alice is messy, and Bob is a Neat Freak.
 * Justified:
 * Some people are neater than others, and (let's be honest) men aren't always conditioned to care about tidying up, housework, etc. the way women generally are.
 * Alice and Bob come from a time and place with very traditional gender roles; keeping the house clean is Alice's job.
 * Bob has organizational issues, and keeping things neat and clean has always been a challenge for him.
 * Subverted:
 * Bob house is messy, but then he cleans it
 * Alice is actually hiding a major mess.
 * Double Subverted: But he was expecting company, the house becames messy soon after.
 * Deconstructed: Neatness issues are a major source of conflict, which can take a toll on Alice and Bob's relationship.
 * Reconstructed: Alice and Bob learn to compromise; Bob learns to pick up after himself, and Alice learns to let minor messes (such as Bob's cluttered desk) go. Their relationship improves.
 * Parodied: Bob literally lives Down in The Dumps, and Alice lives in a house that literally sparkles.
 * Lampshaded: "Bob, pick up your underwear off the floor!"
 * Averted: Bob and Alice keep there house relatively clean.
 * Enforced: Women Are Wiser, Men Are Uncultured, etc.
 * Invoked: Bob wants to break up with Alice, but doesn't have the guts to tell Alice, so he starts being sloppy so she'll want to leave.
 * Defied: Bob likes to be clean and tidy, so he always picks up after himself and keeps his dwelling clean.
 * Played For Laughs: Almost always is.
 * Played For Drama: Alice and Bob are always fighting about cleanliness or lack thereof.
 * Discussed: "How come men are always so messy?"
 * Conversed: "Why does Alice stay with him if his sloppiness drives her up the wall?"

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