But it is something else entirely when you feel attracted to this person.
Usually, when you are at a point where you feel attracted to someone else, you are emotionally invested in the person to a degree.
This is worrisome, given that you are already in a committed relationship with another man and speaks to the likelihood you are no longer as emotionally invested in said man as you once were.
There is a reason why you are at a juncture where your boyfriend’s extreme hygiene issues are now at the forefront of your thoughts and everyday experience.
You excused the fact that he could go for weeks without shaving in tandem with wearing the same handful of wrinkled clothing without laundering as a guy thing and not all that big of a deal.
At first, discovering these early hygiene issues didn’t trigger any loud alarms about his hygiene in your mind.