If her parents didn't teach her to be clean & how important cleanliness is in the way of healthiness......those are actually traits that are taught by family by example & by rules & if that didn't exist, even the people with self-esteem wouldn't know any better. I'm guessing that no one ever taught her these things & the example where she grew up probably wasn't any different......just guessing!!!!!

You might print out articles from the internet on all the illnesses that can come from all the gross things she does & drop them around where she lives for her to read....(sure thing, she wouldn't throw them away...lol)

I have to say, I had just sat down with my dinner plate in front of my computer when I read this post.....I wasn't feeling too good for eating after reading this (that's for sure)......eeeeewwwww iiiiicccckkkkk sick to my stomach gross. What great timing I have.....ugh.....lol.

I forgot to add one thing.....my parents grew up in the depression.....it seems that when they had to conserve on water they would only take a bath once a week & they got in the habit of that being the way they lives, so I grew up taking a bath once a week except in junior high when we had the showers after PE every day.....but When I grew up & got out of the house, I couldn't stand not to take a shower several times a day & of course after playing racquettball with the guys at lunch, I couldn't stand to go back to work without a nice shower. I live for my showers now several times a day & everytime I get hot & sweaty, I head for the shower to wash off that sticky sweaty feeling. We can change & aren't stuck being what we were taught, but sometimes something graciously need to guide people into a better way of being as NF's ideas have offered.