If it's that weird for you, you can also just try stepping into the shower to rinse and wash your bum; only downside is that you'd need to towel dry your legs as well.

Been doing this for years now.

I can't speak for the specifics of how to use bidets, but in my experience the general idea is to use them to supplement your daily hygiene rather than as a replacement for toilet paper.

Where I come from (the Mediterranean), it's not customary to take a shower or a bath every single day. Personally, it's not possible because the frequent exposure to hot water dries out my skin and worsens my eczema. So the bidet is useful for keeping my private parts clean every day in absence of a full-body wash.

It's basically a mini bathtub for your crotch. You don't get into the shower every time you take a shit. Or do you?

I've had this bidet over 8 years and it's still working great. You won't want to go back to anything less. https://a.co/d/bMXpotx

If everyone had a bidet how much more fresh water would we waste ? We need to go to the seashells like in demolition man. Toilet paper and bidets waste resources, sea shells not so much.

I’d like to piggyback on this question and ask: if the bidet is in the toilet bowl, doesn’t it get dirty while you’re shitting?