Dear Open Salon community:
I´ve shared with you deep feelings, private thoughts, secret dreams. However, unexpected circumstances have made it essential that I now pluck up the necessary courage to share with you ... my bathroom. Or rather, the part of my bathroom which is relevant to this post.
the bidet in my household
My bathroom is humble (and I feel embarrassed!) but, can you see the convenient bar of soap and small towel by the bidet?
Why am I doing this at all? Well, a few minutes ago I visited Lea Lane´s latest post "About my Bidet! (Photo Essay)"
Alas, what a dreadful discovery for me! American people DON´T use a bidet! Not only that: American people seem to not know WHAT a bidet is for! So am I facing ("facing"? what an unfortunate choice of words indeed) the fact that American people ONLY use toilet paper?
Unbelievable!
My bathroom is a common, basic example of any bathroom in any household in my country; believe me, we don´t know what we would do without a bidet!... try to imagine the feeling of fountain-like water caressing your nice parts, the fresh sensation after renewing your private bondage with water... ahem, I got a bit carried away, sorry.
Let me show you other, more fashionable examples of bathrooms in my country, all of them with a bidet, of course.
a typical catalog picture of basic bathroom equipment.
A stylish, modern bathroom.
Another cool example. Do you see the bidet in front?
Brothers and Sisters of the United States, listen to my call! Nothing compares to the bliss of a bidet at home; go for it!
And - on a more personal note- after uploading the catalogue pictures, it´s clear I need to redecorate my bathroom, soon!
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Wow, those last two photos are really cool!
And, as I commented on Lea's, here is a link to show 'Merikans How to Use a Bidet
kisses.
Now I'm going to have to save up or break into my kid's collge funds because I will have to knock out some walls and add some plumbing but you have convinced me it will be worth it.
No Marcela no! I had no idea Argentina was so depraved:P
Lucky Argentinians...
;-)
Re toilet: if I hear one more person say, my dog/cat/turtle/horse needs to "go to the bathroom" I will scream. Thank you for allowing me to rant, Marcela. Almost as cleansing as a bidet....
As for the quantity of towels for a party, hahah! you can use the towel or you can use toilet paper and throw it in the toilet. Remember that when you use the towel, you´ve already washed yourself and you are fresh and clean like a rose bud!
And, as for the cleaning, it´s like cleaning a big cup, cleaning the bathtub is more bothering for me!
Yes, Jeff, we are a bit depraved, but very clean depraved ones, haha!
They are flushable...if you buy the right ones. So...we have to muddle through without the luxury of a bidet in my household, but in my wildest dreams, my bathroom has one, as well as the European model of toilet that has TWO flushing volumes, a BIIIIIIIIIIG flush for the...ahem...big stuff, and a small flush for the non-solids!
An equivalent of your wet wipes are sold here to clean babies; and as for the two types of flush, no; we have only one type of flush, and it´s always big. Now that I think about this issue, we use a lot of water here, it´s very cheap and it´s always drinkable. It would be very expensive for us to spend on wet wipes as a cleaning method, and not as fun as the bidet, hehe.
I can only dream of what private homes house in their bathrooms. I hope you'll share your new bidet and renovations here.
Just kidding. I know what it is and well thanks for sharing
With love, Freaky Troll
All you commenting you want one could have one by next week.
Just search bidet on Amazon and you will find attachments starting at less than thirty bucks that work just fine.
No need to rip out the bathroom and run new plumbing. Takes less than ten minutes to install. You can get either a spray wand or a in the bowl water shooter. Nothing to it.
Think about this - if you had crap on your face, would you wipe it off or wash your face?
Coincidentally, we're planning on renovating one of our bathrooms and now that I've read this, I'm inspired to do the right thing!
your post is great, Marcela! love your sense of humour too!
Kisses,
Marcela
There's something about this subject that seems to have caught on here at OS, but for me, if I had one, I'd likely be too uncomfortable to use it and, like Lea's thoughts, yet unlike Lea's end results, I would surely tear it out even if it did leave a blank space in the bathroom tile.
Don't know why, so don't wonder. Surely it's the Neanderthal genes that still reside within me. I suppose my wife is lucky I don’t go in the yard and use the garden hose :-)