to think the UK should have bidets

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Just that really. I far prefer the French habit of having a wash after having a no 2, much more civilised. The British way is actually unhygienic and gross.

Water is a solvent. Which means things dissolve in it. Of course it gets rid of small dirt particles that dry wiping doesn’t. Including poo.

You spray from the front so the water is going front to back, no risk of poo particles touching your genitals.

That's rubbish, 2 families i clean for have a bidet

People can have one put in if they want, surely just do that

A friend of mine (a man) admitted to always having skidmarks in his underwear and thought the rest of the group (who all wash after pooing) were lying...

I was flabbergasted

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Snap! I was in half a mind to say this. Wype is an excellent product, and only takes a 1000th amount of the space of a bidet…

Use wet wipes and a nappy bucket

By no means do all French homes have bidets,there is nothing stopping you installing one in the UK.

That episode lives rent free in my mind. He went on TV, had his arsehole on show to the world while the doctor investigated it and the conclusion was he just wasn’t wiping his bum properly!

I didn't notice that.

But there are alternatives on the Amazon site, I just don't know how good they are.

ETA You can get them on Ebay.

More fibre could make the problem worse. It's really not that simple.

The easiest solution for those who can't install a bidet or bum gun would be wet wipes. Not very environmental, but pretty practical and they go in the bin of course.

Of course if you are having your bathroom refitted and you can afford it, then it would be much better.

But most people (including me) can't do that.

I remember something like this in the post natal ward.
It was a gentle blissful way to freshen up after childbirth.

I have lived in several houses with several bidets and none of us have ever got on with them. Very fiddly to use. I have two bidets in my current house and when we re-do the bathrooms we will remove them.

The hose attachments next to loos are better but you still risk getting your clothes wet. Plus with both methods the water is always too cold or you are fiddling around for ages trying to get it warm but not too warm. Then you need loads more loo roll or a towel handy to dry off. It's a faff.

I don't see what's wrong with a pack of small 'flushable' wipes for the times you need them, although we never flush them, we put them in the bin. They are cheap, biogradable so no different to loo roll really, they don't use loads of water, they don't get your legs and your clothes wet where you don't want them to be, and don't take up valuable space in your bathroom.

Yes, I have never understood how bidets are supposed to work.

This is better than a hose as you can control the temperature of the water and much cheaper than wipes once you have bought it:

Make sure you get the large one, not the travel one:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/197737048938?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338268676&toolid=10044&_trkparms=ispr=1&amdata=enc:1gGthDtFRQmmZSU8rNTbdeg37&ff=11&loc_physical_ms=1006625&adtype=pla&customid=Cj0KCQjwguLSBhDLARIsAH-yPrHdpXT6PlypAQA6r-BCLJy5Odt_zY2zB7FsMfGaj4ff4ANM0lgahdIaAiHSEALw_wcB&gclid=Cj0KCQjwguLSBhDLARIsAH-yPrHdpXT6PlypAQA6r-BCLJy5Odt_zY2zB7FsMfGaj4ff4ANM0lgahdIaAiHSEALw_wcB

We have the XL for the bathroom and I have a travel size for out and about. It's brilliant and inexpensive. Also found it handy when my daughter was younger and not wiping her bum properly herself.

No I meant bidets are more hygienic the imaginary flannel is not hygienic!

Loo roll and baby lotion. Does a better job, not just spraying fecal matter around with a jet of water. 🤮

Isn't it.

Someone on MN recommended it a few years ago and it makes such a difference.

My husband doesn't use it as his digestive system means that he doesn't need to, but it was a godsend when he had piles.

I had a theory that countries that were more saucy sexually would need the bidet more (see France) nobody wants to get up close to an unclean bottom. And the argument is that even wiping with paper is not clean enough.

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My Mum, Italian, always had a bidet in our family homes in the UK. She also bought a portable bidet on a stand!

I have to say there is nothing nicer than settling your undercarriage in a warm bowl of water. Periods, post birth, heamarroids, thrush.....or just a hot sweaty vag, can all be made better by a good soak and splash in a bidet. Always wanted one, gutted DH wouldn't let me put one in our re-furbed bathroom.

Relative recently had to have an indwelling catheter, not common of course, but she was so pleased to be able to clean it regularly in a bidet, in addition to her daily shower.

We use a (clean!) flannel (once!) and put used ones in a wetbag (the sort designed for cloth nappies).

Also, it isn’t just about being smug about perfect bowel movements. There’s messy big episiotomies, birth trauma etc.