You be the judge: should my girlfriend stop leaving piles of her hair and nails around the flat?

The prosecution: Martin

double quotation markI am not a germaphobe but I do get freaked out when I see bits of Debbie lying around the place

My girlfriend Debbie leaves small piles of her nails, hair and contact lenses around the flat and I find it gross.When she takes her contact lenses out, she chucks them on the floor. When she brushes her hair, she lets it fall to the floor and gather in little hairballs. When she is done with her manicure, she picks off the colour and throws the paint on the floor until she sweeps it up again when she cleans the flat. When she breaks a nail, or picks her nails, she puts them in a little pile and leaves them until she clears them up, which could be a few days later or when she does the weekly clean-up.I just think: why wouldn’t you throw them down the loo or in the bin straight away? What is the point of letting little bits of grossness collect around the flat? I don’t understand it.Debbie wears hair extensions and I come back from work to see little hairballs blowing across the floor like tumbleweed. One time, I thought I saw a spider crawling around – but it was a hairball. With the contact lenses, they stick to the wooden floors and surfaces. Debbie pulls them out of her eyes and drops them anywhere.We share the cleaning in our flat but even when you vacuum, it doesn’t pick up the contact lenses. I often have to scrape them off surfaces because they are dried up and crispy.It’s also really gross to think of Debbie leaving her eye, scalp and nail germs everywhere. I am not a germaphobe, but I do get freaked out when I see bits of her all around the place. I love how she looks, but I don’t want to see the remnants of her manicure weeks later.The nail clippings and nail varnish gross me out the most. It reminds me of an old witch, saving her nail clippings to create a curse or potion. Debbie is gorgeous and not at all witch-like, but it’s an issue of hygiene.I have had friends at the flat before and they’ve spotted one of her contact lenses on the dining room table and asked what it was. It’s not a big deal, but it’s just gross. I suggested getting a little bowl where she could put all her dried contacts, but she just laughed. If she won’t do that, Debbie should throw her old contacts and nail clippings straight in the bin or down the toilet.The defence: Debbie