What okamikaze said -- this all depends on biochemistry. I only put on deodorant in the morning. I've gone 4+ days without a shower. (Did I mention I really hate to take a shower when I'm having my period? I don't like bleeding on the floor, I don't like bleeding on towels...) I've also been married for over 20 years now!
Basically, if you're happy with your previous routine, I don't think you're going to need to change it up drastically. For one thing, if the new "routine" isn't something you're totally on-board with, and find exhausting/painful/to take too much of your time, you're going to start resenting it, and start resenting that your partner is "making" you do it -- and resenting your partner. And that's kind of the way to a major relationship failure, y'know? Sure, if your partner has a preference, and it's not going to make you resentful to try to fulfill it, it's a gesture of affection to try to follow that preference. But don't anticipate a preference where there might not be one, and especially not when it's going to cut into your routine in a way that is inconvenient.
For wipes? I wouldn't use any of them, honestly, unless you use them already because you want to do so. I'd say that -- again, barring the chance your partner might have atypical scent triggers -- a damp paper towel would be fine for a quick scrub around the external area, or a damp washcloth if you're at home. And that's "at most" -- if you don't feel grubby, then... why absorb the subtext of all the douching commercials, that vaginas are these terrible smelly things that must be tamed by the Chemicals of SCIENCE!, y'know?
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Basically, if you're happy with your previous routine, I don't think you're going to need to change it up drastically. For one thing, if the new "routine" isn't something you're totally on-board with, and find exhausting/painful/to take too much of your time, you're going to start resenting it, and start resenting that your partner is "making" you do it -- and resenting your partner. And that's kind of the way to a major relationship failure, y'know? Sure, if your partner has a preference, and it's not going to make you resentful to try to fulfill it, it's a gesture of affection to try to follow that preference. But don't anticipate a preference where there might not be one, and especially not when it's going to cut into your routine in a way that is inconvenient.
For wipes? I wouldn't use any of them, honestly, unless you use them already because you want to do so. I'd say that -- again, barring the chance your partner might have atypical scent triggers -- a damp paper towel would be fine for a quick scrub around the external area, or a damp washcloth if you're at home. And that's "at most" -- if you don't feel grubby, then... why absorb the subtext of all the douching commercials, that vaginas are these terrible smelly things that must be tamed by the Chemicals of SCIENCE!, y'know?