Eli5: how does one use a bidet?

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I don’t understand. Do you just sit there and air dry? Do you still need toilet paper? No one I know IRL can explain this to me, other than saying they love their bidet.

Edit to add clarity and ask another question: I’m in America so we don’t have that toilet looking bidet here. It’s an attachment that we add to our toilet. So I guess…where does the water come from?

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I don’t know how others use it.

What I do: wipe with paper, normally, most of it. Then sit on the bidet, check the water temp, and start using the spring/jet thing. I wash with my hand and soap, rinse and then use a dedicated towel that I have for myself (I live alone, I wouldn’t share that towel).

I sit on the bidet in the same way I sit on the toilet: not facing the wall. My bathroom has no space to sit as some “Lifehacks” say that you “should” sit on it (facing the wall, with your chest towards the faucets). Anyway, depending on the position of the spring/jet thing, I don’t think it would work, sitting facing the wall. Some jets are quite far back near the wall on some designs.

I don’t think drying with paper would work as you end up very wet after using the bidet and tp doesn’t work very well with water, by design (you want it to dissolve when you flush, as much as possible).

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