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Maybe TMI, but...you don't pat dry with toilet paper after you use the bidet? I love my bidet, but I'm using approximately the same amount of TP in both cases.

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I'm having a hard time believing this. I use three squares of TP after the bidet, to dry myself. In places without a bidet, I'll use a ton of paper to get everything.

How can you dry off with only a couple squares? Does your bidet have a drying fan too??

I keep a stack of small hand towels next to the bidet. Organized in clean and dirty towel stacks.

Keep a few rolls of TP for guests. Mostly sits unused otherwise. Last time I bought rolls was last year.

I do the same. got ~100 ish plain white hand towels/wash cloths that get washed with bleach. Really just used to dry my tushy after using the bidet.

If you're at home, just leave a small towel where you put the TP roll. You're already clean, so now you're just drying yourself off.

Perhaps if you use soap you’d be clean enough for that, assuming you were the only one using the towel.

I share space with my partner and we are both very clean in general.

I certainly haven't done biological analysis, but in practice I'm totally clean afterwards. Doing a basic visual and smell test, the towel is definitely clean. Far cleaner than had I used TP. We just throw the small towel in the clothes wash after use and keep a clean stack near the toilet.

Haven't bought toilet paper in many years, wouldn't go back.

Ah I see. A stack of towels is very different from “a towel”.

I cant bring myself to get rid of tp especially for if guests come by, but imagine towels do a better job of drying than paper.

It isn't like you get that wet either. I don't know how big or hairy your butthole is, but it isn't like I'm getting a giant part of my body soaking wet.

It is just a couple drops of water after you shake off. If you're wearing underwear, it isn't that big of a deal if a couple drops of water get on there. You probably sweat more than that into your clothes each day.

People make a big deal out of something that really isn't.

First thing I do when I move is install a bidet (bought the house I’m in now, so just replaced the toilets with fully integrated ones).

Not buying much tp any more of course, but it still serves a purpose.

With a bidet, I probably use two squares after a visit, just to remove moisture. There is no way I could operate with two squares without a bidet.

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