E. Jean's Creep of the Week

To find out which despicable varmint (or varmintess) has been chosen Creep of the Week, scroll past this fascinating Ask E. Jean Classic about “living with a slob.”

Dear E. Jean: 

I've been cohabitating with my boyfriend for almost a year now. I was very much in love with him before we moved in together. But we seem to get along best with a little distance between us. The reason: He's such a sloven!

This man is so lazy that when he takes his clothes out of the dresser, he doesn't bother to close the drawers. When he gets himself something to eat, he leaves the kitchen littered with open packages of food. The bathroom is a disaster—laundry and used towels all over the floor. There is sand and debris in our bed, and trash is everywhere, because he can't make it the few steps from the couch to the garbage can.

Living in a pigsty is one thing, but the lack of consideration he shows for me is something else. I hate picking up after him! I feel like his mother, and it makes me resent him. I did…