@flozen

We have a bidet in this house and our previous house.

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In the ABSENCE of a bidet, I use baby-wipes (or an equivalent) to clean after defecating.

If I'm stuck in public and can ONLY use paper, I'll wet it (even spit on it) to TRY to improve its effectiveness, but once I get home I literally MUST go clean myself. I feel DISGUSTING if all I've used is plain, dry paper!

My old house had a bidet (attached to the toilet, not a separate item)... my current one does not, and the bathroom is not "architected" in such a way as to make it feasible - and its a rental, so I can't remodel.

FWIW: I won't rim a guy unless I've wiped his ass with a moist towelette or baby wipe or wet cloth... SOMETHING! EWWW....

Thanks for the post! Interesting topic, given that the US id kinda famous around the world for our LACK of bidets! But that's changing... albeit slowly, it it changing!

We have a bidet in this house and our previous house.

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Consider this: If you had sh!t on your driveway pavement would you wipe it off or hose it down?

Alls I'm sayin'.

The first bidet I ever saw was as a college student on a summer program in Paris, staying in the center city, but at a one-star hotel.  (Really – they were?/are? required to post the stars, 1 to 5, on the exterior of the building.}

In any case, the sad bidet was a white, all-plastic model that you could pull out into my room's center and enjoy its benefits.  The toilets and bathtubs were down the hall, and baths cost you extra, at least in that day.

Since then, I've sat on some much nicer bidet models with heated water, and would add one to any home bathrooms in future remodeling.

So I have never used one in my life to this day.

It seems kind of useless because (a) I am guessing you would still have to set the correct temperature which is a waste of time and (b) I will still need to use toilet paper or a towel.

So I might as well go on doing what I do now which is to use baby wet wipes.