AIBU to think that actually toilet paper is really unhygienic

[keepitclean1980]

I was doing the washing up and a thought came to me. Don't you think toilet paper is actually really unhygienic?

If you happened to put your finger in a random turd, what would you do? Wipe it with a tissue and call it a day? Or scrub it with soap and water followed by a smell test?

When you think about it, it is insane that we just use toilet paper on our bums. Or do other people give it a little more pampering and I just didn't realise?

Well a lot of cultures agree with you and use bidets and bodnas!

We have a Japanese toilet in our en-suite so we only poo in there.

Agreed. We have bidets!

I use my hands for an awful lot more than I my arsehole.

That gets washed every day and more so if someone's venturing southwards.

What are you doing with your arsehole that necessitates it being as clean as your finger?

Oooh. I'd never heard of a Japanese toilet and just googled it, they look brilliant. Do you think the majority of people in the UK just use toilet paper? Or do more people have other things like these Japanese toilets and I just didn't know?
I googled bodnas but just got mathematical equations

Since I got piles I've just timed my bowel movements for straight before I have my evening shower. It's sometimes a bit gross but really so much easier to clean yourself.

I keep a little jug by the loo. Just put some water in it when using the facilities, pour it on yourself (from front to back), it works quite well. Follow with loo roll. Tmi perhaps,but it is clean, comfortable, cheap and eco-friendly. No wet wipes to bung up your pipes.

I imagine you touch a lot more things with your fingers than with your arse, though, OP. Unless you have quite an unusual lifestyle?

It's also very tucked in, isn't it, compared to other animals. They have tails but we have full on cheeks. Hiding a multitude of sins, perhaps, for some. Paper is enough, but yes, I see what you mean; given that we're meant to disinfect everything TO DEATH these days, it seems a bit remiss.

@addler
I think I'm just uncomfortable with the realization that my arsehole ISN'T as clean as my finger. Other people don't know...but I do and now I've thought about it, I'm not that I'm happy about this situation.

There's a whole thread about this

Although the OP called them B days

Worth a read if you enjoy how other people clean their arses

I agree and wash myself with a jug of water everytime I use the toilet. When outside I try not to go or use wet tissue if I must and wash when I come home.

I think it is too. A combination clean is better. You definitely need paper to begin with. As luck would have it I am regular as clockwork so can shower after. For any untimed ablutions there is always the spray for your bog roll that turns it into a wetwipe.

Sorry yes bodna is a toilet jug, they're also called lotas I think.

Unless you're unwell, or somehow got into a bit of a mess (in which case you have a shower) the soiling never really reaches past the actual exit area does it, and that little bit which you wipe sort of folds away back into itself when you stand up. No?

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When I was a teen and travelling in Thailand I was horrified using the loo for the first time to find just a hosepipe next to it rather than paper

I'm a jug user too thanks to the fantastic Angela Kilmartin. Anyone who suffers recurrent UTIs should read her books - jug washing sorted my own out for good.

[quote keepitclean1980]@addler
I think I'm just uncomfortable with the realization that my arsehole ISN'T as clean as my finger. Other people don't know...but I do and now I've thought about it, I'm not that I'm happy about this situation.[/quote]
Hilarious description of the situation. It is actually disconcerting!

Toilet paper on its own. Sometimes wet wipes if necessary (try not to use these too often.)

@Bloodypunkrockers where is this thread

Hello everyone - we're just sticking our heads around the bathroom door to say we've no reason to think the OP is our old pal, the poo troll. They've been around for ages and do not appear to have a predilection for matters scatological. As you were.

Gravity. How does the jug of water work without standing on your head?

@why2020 Happy b-day to you!

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4082473-what-is-the-point-of-a-b-day-does-anyone-actually-use-them

Yeah since getting piles during pregnancy i use toilet paper then the moist toilet wipes. Im quite regular, once in the morning so have a shower straight after

I agree it's a bit yuck just to use paper.
You can get add on wash/dry toilet seats which are much cheaper than a Japanese style toilet, does the same job.

Or even cheaper you can get toilet tissue gel or spray you put on toilet paper for a more thorough clean than just paper itself and doesn't clog anything like wipes do.

@addler

I use my hands for an awful lot more than I my arsehole.

That gets washed every day and more so if someone's venturing southwards.

What are you doing with your arsehole that necessitates it being as clean as your finger?

This 😂