They say money can buy comfort, luxury, and even now they say it buys cleanliness, but is that really true? Can money buy everything in this world? While wealth might afford you fancy soaps and marble-tiled bathrooms, hygiene is more about habits than bank balances. I’ve seen people with little to their names keep their homes spotless, their clothes crisp, and their bodies fresh. Come to Ikorodu, and you will see a lot of them, while some with overflowing accounts still struggle with the basics, like some people in Lekki. So, does money truly determine how clean you are? Or is this just another myth we’ve dressed in designer cologne?
Welcome to my blog. Get ready as we dissect this topic bit by bit, technically for easy understanding, and I will give you a real-life example, so try not to skip any part and read it to the end.
It’s easy to assume that the cleaner someone looks or the more organized their environment is, the richer they must be. This is why you believe people who dress well, smell nice, and look good have money or are rich, but that's not true. Cleanliness doesn't equate riches, after all, money gives access to clean water, cleaning supplies, personal care products, and even paid help, but hygiene isn’t something you buy in the market and install it into your system; it’s just a matter of values, discipline, and personal responsibility.
There are people living on modest incomes who sweep their surroundings twice a day, wash their clothes with care, and take pride in smelling good, not because they’re rich, but because cleanliness is part of their identity. On the other hand, you’ll find some people with all the money, and their living spaces are in chaos, and whose personal hygiene is questionable. Why? Because money doesn’t automatically teach you self-respect, orderliness, or cleanliness. These things are cultivated, trained, and sometimes, inborn.
If a dirty person becomes rich, they would only become more dirty and try to use their money to wash off that part of their life by paying someone to do the cleaning, and if the person isn't around, it would be like that, they would rather just put on body spray and perfume than have their bath.
Cleanliness, at its core, is more about choice than cost. A bar of soap doesn’t have to be imported or expensive to be effective. You don’t need a luxury closet to arrange your clothes neatly. Even with very little, people can choose to keep their environments clean and bodies well-kept.
I remember living with a friend, back then I was at the university. He was working and clearly makes more money than me because, yeah, he has a car, nice clothes, and so much. We share the same room together, but this dude was so dirty that I was scared. The toilet would be so dirty, he wouldn't bat an eye before using it the same way.
I had traveled for 2 months; when I came back, the toilet wasn't washed, the bedsheet was so dirty, with all sorts of stains on the bedsheet. I felt really bad because how can someone be dirty like this, and when you see him outside, he was the best dressed.
Cleanliness might be easier with money, yes but it certainly doesn't begin or end there. So I don't agree that money makes a person clean.
Thanks for reading. My name is Fashtioluwa.
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