I’m new to the bidet scene, and this one has me slightly confounded. Should I install a new towel rack next to the toilet? Should my wife and I share the towel? Do you wipe first? There are so many unanswered questions in the ways of bidet-ing!

  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    5 months ago

    None of this explains why it’s not cleaner to use toilet paper than your hand after using a bidet…?

    • dustyData@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      5 months ago

      You don’t use your hand afterwards, you use your hand to wash along with the bidet, then you dry with TP or a towel. It is not demented. It is just washing like how you are supposed to wash when you shower.

      • rishado@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        5 months ago

        I learned some time ago that some Americans just will never be ready for the bidet conversation, just let those people live in filth

    • Bahalex@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      5 months ago

      Read the comment with instructions man. Wipe with toilet paper first, as normal. Then wash with soap and water. Then dry with a towel. If you’re smearing poop all over everything you’ve got other issues to work out.

      To answer your question, it is cleaner than just using toilet paper because you are wash with soap and water after you use the toilet paper. If you manage to get poop all over the towel when you’re done washing, then TP alone was never going to suffice.

    • stephen01king@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      5 months ago

      Because dry spreading your poop with toilet paper is not cleaner than washing your butt together with water.

        • stephen01king@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          5 months ago

          Ah, I see, I thought the bidet part only relates to your second option, there. I guess one reason to use your hands is that in some countries, toilet paper is not commonly provided, so it’s not always an option.

          • rishado@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            4 months ago

            No one only uses their hands guys. You use your hands in tandem with the running water to get all the shit off. Then you wipe with TP (modern) or a towel (more common before TP).

        • rishado@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          4 months ago

          No one only uses their hands guys. You use your hands in tandem with the running water to get all the shit off. Then you wipe with TP (modern) or a towel (more common before TP).