DaveKell wrote:I first encountered a bidet in France while on a 6 month hitchhiking tour of Europe when I was in my 20's. On a street corner in Aix En Provence a woman came up to me and asked if I was an American. I guess the Army surplus coat was a giveaway. She invited me to her home for dinner. She was an American married to a French university professor and said she'd welcome conversation in English. I met a friend of hers while there. A very beautiful, petite French girl who was fluent in 5 European languages. She invited herself to travel with me through Spain and then onto the Canary Islands for tropical weather during the winter in Europe. I was happy for the translator as well as the intimate company (oh to be young again!). I got up from the dinner table to use the restroom and saw the bidet next to the toilet in their home. I blurted out at the table "what's that weird, shallow toilet looking thing in the bathroom?" when I returned. My new female acquaintance said she'd explain it to me later. Her explanation was the French are very fastidious about cleaning themselves before and after sex and the bidet was how that happened. I never used one in Europe and still haven't to this day. I remained intrigued by it though. I see lots of posts online about the one that quickly connects to a standard toilet. My only reservation about getting one is the stream of cold well water that I'd be blasting my bottom with. I'd much prefer the ability to control the temp with the hot and cold faucets like the ones I saw in France. It's an ingenious concept to have a facility to make oneself clean before oral sex. If I ever have another new house built I'd definitely have a bidet installed. It would be cost prohibitive to install one in my slab foundation house.
You could Modify your existing toilet with a fancy bidet seat OR get a toilet with a "built in" Bidet, no need to dig up the slab to install a seperate Bidet.
