Girls vs boys: Who is messier to live with in your Newcastle student digs?

Whether it’s walking into the kitchen barefoot and finding bits of food on the bottom of your feet, or finding mountains of unwashed plates in the sink ridden with leftovers – we all know living in student halls can be a bit ‘icky’.

Living in mixed accommodation has opened my eyes to a lot of things and I can definitely say my hygienic expectations have been lowered since September. But the real question is: who is messier to live with, boys or girls?

Here’s a few things that we think are the grossest and messiest things us girls and boys do.

Disclaimer: these stereotypes are based on my experiences that are unique to my uni flat and in my eyes cannot be contested, if you find fault with them however, note the sarcasm.

Girls

So girls, think you're the cleanest of the bunch? Think again. As we all know, girls have some very annoying habits. We claim that boys are rough but let's be honest with all the makeup and long hair girls are pretty rank too. Yeah that eight person gals house in Jesmond seemed like a great idea at the start, now it's grimy, ridden with fake tan stains and no-one can be bothered to clean it. Let's take a look at some of the common bad habits girls do when living in student digs.

1. They leave hair anywhere and everywhere

Yuck!

On the kitchen surface, in your food, anywhere but your head basically. Having relatively long hair, I can’t seem to keep it all in one place. All girls are guilty of this and finding your own hair in your food is bad enough, but when it’s someone else’s…sorry boys.

And girls can complain all they want about the disgrace of the boy’s bathrooms, but let’s not forget about the blocked shower drain from all the hair. That’s right, having to pull mounts of hair from your drain while trying not to be physically sick is pretty vile. When the bottom of your shower turns into a bath you know you’re due to take a look…

2. They balance food on top of the bins

Impressive right?!

So come on, admit it, most girls make the boys take the bins out every. single. time. So why do girls also insist on piling up rubbish and balancing food, boxes and bottles on top of the bin?! Literally just grab a new bin bag instead of playing a game of Jenga.

3. They are incapable of putting make up wipes in the bin

When you get back from a big night at Swingers, taking your makeup off before bed is an achievement in itself but it is unlikely that said makeup wipe will EVER make its way to the bin. Finding masses of orange wipes, crawling with mascara, dotted round your room is not the most hygienic thing.

4. They dump their shit everywhere other than where it belongs

Clothes, bags, shoes, earrings…they all seem to find their way into the living area and not in your room. The next time you have 'nothing to wear' try looking under the sofa.

Boys

Boys are always going on about how untidy girls are, but leaving dirty plates stacked up in your room for days doesn't fool us. Smelly bathrooms, re-wearing clothes for days because nothing is clean and just general mess can be so irritating when living in a house with boys. Let's take a look at the things that boys never stop doing.

1. They leave tobacco everywhere

If I see ANY more filters, skins or baccy spread all over the kitchen surfaces I will go mad. It’s everywhere and finding bits of Golden Virginia in your pasta does not go down well.

2. They leave all their tinnies out after pres

How often do you return to the kitchen after a night in the Toon to find Fosters cans strewn across the floor and the dining table. Whether they have been thrown about or stacked in a neat tower they will never be in the bin. Come on boys, clean that shit up.

3. They stack up dirty plates instead of washing them

Oh the horror!

We’ve all had to do the disgusting job of scooping all of the leftover food from the sink plug…and leaving dirty plates either in the side or the sink does not help anything. When the smell starts to fill the kitchen and mould starts to grow, that's when you know there's a problem.

4. They are responsible for the disappearing cutlery

Okay, so this isn’t so much a ‘mess’ issue, but cutlery just seems to vanish into thin air!.I can be searching for days just to find a knife and fork but they're nowhere to be seen until you look in the boys cupboards and drawers. Plates go missing too, luckily we all have different coloured ones in my flat, so we know EXACTLY who is responsible for the robbery.

Now, we've had our say and we're going to leave it to you to decide who you think is the messiest sex.