Everyone has been there. Well, hopefully everyone has been there. You meet a new guy in the library, at a bar, at the coffee shop, through a mutual friend, whatever, wherever, you flirt your ass I mean, behind off until he asks you out.

[insert phone call to mom here]

The best part about a new relationship is discovering how crafty you get when you are desperately trying to hide things about you that are.. well they are embarrassing as crap. Don't act like you haven't done it. We all have. Betty Draper managed to hide her food addiction until she landed a politician.

The "My Room Is Such A Mess"... When It Is The Cleanest It Has Been In Months

This is my favorite. This is where your roommate get to make up for all the times she stacked up diet cokes on top of all of the trash and convinced herself that if it doesn't fall, it doesn't need to be taken out. 

It usually starts with a text conversation about hanging out. When your place gets brought up as the location for your movie, makeout and flirt fest, you obviously have a small heart attack because you aren't ready for him to see that you try on every outfit in your closet everyday and just throw everything in the floor. At the same time, you can't say no because you are running out of fake excuses to not invite him over. 

DO NOT PANIC! Here's what you do: you tell him you are running an errand and you won't be home for 20-30 minutes. That should buy you 40 minutes.

Turn off TLC and tell your roommate to shove Every. Single. Thing. you own into your closet. Seriously, everything. Make your bed. Spray febreze, maybe even a little perfume. For the overflow of clothes/stuff, your roommate is going to take the hit, whether she likes it or not and you are shoving a bunch of shit in her room, most likely right by the door. 

Leave yourself enough time to put make up and pants on.. Don't act like you were wearing any. You want to go for a casual "oh, I just threw this old thing on" when really you have been waiting to rip the tags off of it look.

Not everyone is a total slob, but you're lying if you say you don't hide a flaw. A few similar examples are:

• Shopping Addiction.

• Weird Harry Potter Obsession.

• Having Too Many Guy Friends.

• Abusing Dry Shampoo.

• Having a Period. Ever.

Hiding your flaws at first sucks, yes, but let's be real.. He's totally going to get you another drink so that he can fart. Just think about that the next time you are pretending to know the words to his favorite '80s song.