How do you dry off after using a bidet? Visited a house with an attachable one this past weekend

[Anonymous]

Without paper towels or towels/wash cloths, how do you dry your bottom? The bigger question tho - Are you supposed to also use other people’s bidets?

The home has the self-installed one that you can get at Home Depot not the one that is separate from the toilet. There were not paper towels provided or towels/wash cloths. I’m curious though, do people use toilet paper after? Pull up their pants while damp?

[Anonymous]

I just use TP

[Anonymous]

The normal amount of toilet paper dries me off. I'm not that wet.

[Anonymous]

We use toilet paper with our home bidet and when I encounter them in the wild.

[Anonymous]

I’m just trying to picture this. Is it like: poop, then wipe, then bidet, then more wiping to dry? Or is it like poop, shuffle awkwardly to bidet, use bidet, then wipe dry?

Why not just use a wet wipe, if it’s the former?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m just trying to picture this. Is it like: poop, then wipe, then bidet, then more wiping to dry? Or is it like poop, shuffle awkwardly to bidet, use bidet, then wipe dry?

Why not just use a wet wipe, if it’s the former?

Because wet wipes flushed down your toilet congeal into those giant blobs that destroy your pipes.

I don’t wipe before using the bidet, and then I need less toilet paper because I’m clean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m just trying to picture this. Is it like: poop, then wipe, then bidet, then more wiping to dry? Or is it like poop, shuffle awkwardly to bidet, use bidet, then wipe dry?

Why not just use a wet wipe, if it’s the former?

Because wet wipes flushed down your toilet congeal into those giant blobs that destroy your pipes.

I don’t wipe before using the bidet, and then I need less toilet paper because I’m clean.

Seriously? Use a trash can!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m just trying to picture this. Is it like: poop, then wipe, then bidet, then more wiping to dry? Or is it like poop, shuffle awkwardly to bidet, use bidet, then wipe dry?

Why not just use a wet wipe, if it’s the former?

Because wet wipes flushed down your toilet congeal into those giant blobs that destroy your pipes.

I don’t wipe before using the bidet, and then I need less toilet paper because I’m clean.

Don’t ever dribble feces during the transition over? How do you avoid that? Seems like I know the answer, and it’s such a waste of toilet paper and water.

[Anonymous]

I think many house have wash cloths for this. And basket next to the toilet to collect them and then wash. In theory they aren't really soiled since you should be clean and you're just drying off. I have not tried it.

In Japan the bidets also have a dryer setting that blows warm air.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m just trying to picture this. Is it like: poop, then wipe, then bidet, then more wiping to dry? Or is it like poop, shuffle awkwardly to bidet, use bidet, then wipe dry?

Why not just use a wet wipe, if it’s the former?

It's poop, bidet, wipe to dry. Or just sit there and scroll on your phone for a couple more minutes to air dry.

Wet wipes work too, but as someone who has given birth in the past and now is very sensitive in the pelvic region, the bidet is sooooooo much easier on delicate tissues than wiping is.

[Anonymous]

Our bidet has an air dryer too. We never use toilet paper in that room at all.

[Anonymous]

We have one that has a dryer so I use TP and then dry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m just trying to picture this. Is it like: poop, then wipe, then bidet, then more wiping to dry? Or is it like poop, shuffle awkwardly to bidet, use bidet, then wipe dry?

Why not just use a wet wipe, if it’s the former?

Because wet wipes flushed down your toilet congeal into those giant blobs that destroy your pipes.

I don’t wipe before using the bidet, and then I need less toilet paper because I’m clean.

Don’t ever dribble feces during the transition over? How do you avoid that? Seems like I know the answer, and it’s such a waste of toilet paper and water.

Not the PP, but no. "Dribbling feces" sounds like you have not actually completed your BM yet or that you have a digestive problem causing some kind of loose stool. Either way, the way that you avoid the problem you're describing is to complete the BM before you try to move to the bidet, or use some TP to manage the situation, then the bidet, then dry off. One reason for the bidet is less TP. Another is less irritation, which sounds like it might be helpful if you are "dribbling" often.

[Anonymous]

Nowadays the bidet is integrated into the toilet seat, especially the nice ones that are made in Japan, Toto brand. So no moving is needed and dribbling feces is thankfully not a concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Without paper towels or towels/wash cloths, how do you dry your bottom? The bigger question tho - Are you supposed to also use other people’s bidets?

The home has the self-installed one that you can get at Home Depot not the one that is separate from the toilet. There were not paper towels provided or towels/wash cloths. I’m curious though, do people use toilet paper after? Pull up their pants while damp?

Do you shower in other people's shower because there's a shower in their bathroom?

We have self-installed bidets at our home and NO, you do NOT use other people's bidets. Gross.