Been there done that. One summer when we were kids, my mother sent my sister and I to the country in Virginia. The people had a farm with electricity, but no plumbing. They had an outhouse and chamberpots under the beds for at night. There was a pump at the back door and one at the kitchen sink. We got baths in a tub in the kitchen. This was in the 1960’s.
In the late ‘70’s, I knew a woman, my age, from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She never had indoor plumbing until she got married, just a few years before I meet her. Most of her relatives still had no plumbing (I assume they have it now).
I saw a documentary on the need for toilets in the 3rd world. It is horrible for women, but bad for everyone, especially out in the country where you can get bit (or eaten) by animals. People also do their business by rivers, which are incredibly polluted.
Girlfriend was right to leave. Make that guy get her a toilet. : )
That was a good story. Thanks for sharing.