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How does one fart?

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withmycoffee · 24/01/2021 21:49

Reading a post today about someone's DP farting whist she ate and another about adult DSS comic farting I started wondering, what is fart etiquette in your relationship/family/home?

Do people fart openly? Leave the room? Leave the bed before releasing? Say 'excuse me'? Laugh each time? What is typical fart behaviour?

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Topseyt · 27/01/2021 09:51

@WeirdLoverWilde

Was his mother perhaps one of those women who pretended never to ever fart? That farts came from men only?

CrochetToTheMoon · 27/01/2021 10:51

I’m in stitches at some of these. Especially

It was like my bum produced a little flag saying BANG!! on it. GrinGrinGrin

Reminds me of a time I was at work and a terrible fart slipped out when I bent over, my patient was intubated however someone walked in the room straight after and asked if I needed a hand to roll my patient as they must have been incontinent. I was utterly mortified. Never ever admitted it was me.

idontgetpaidenoughforthis · 28/01/2021 17:59

@WeirdLoverWilde

Before DH and I moved in together he didn't realise women farted.

I soon disabused him of that notion.

🤣🤣
Gottaloveacardie · 28/01/2021 18:33

@yaboo I know it's a few days old but thanks cos your post made me cry laughing. This thread is brilliant. We are a happy family of farters although weirdly I do get a bit grossed out by big burps.

Justgivemewine · 28/01/2021 19:05

😂😂this thread has given me a much needed laugh.

withmycoffee · 28/01/2021 22:36

WOAH! Haven't been on MN for a few days. Fab comments. Thanks all. Really interesting!

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ComeONBridget · 28/01/2021 22:45

Omg never... no-one in our family farts in front of anyone.

DH been married for years and never have! We always close the bathroom door too.

ComeONBridget · 28/01/2021 22:46

@Jetatyeovilaerodrome

Do people really not fart in front of their own husbands? Why not? Confused
NOOOOO
Twillow · 28/01/2021 22:50

Personally, I think it's rude to do it deliberately and loudly. If any of us farts by accident we would certainly apologise and be embarrassed, definitely not strain to do it in front of others. What's normal is different for each home, though you would hope most people would realise gratuitous farting in public is not socially acceptable in most circles.

lockdownshmockdown · 28/01/2021 23:05

Genuinely baffled by how many people are saying they don't fart in front of their partners.

duffmcstockings · 28/01/2021 23:15

It has to be venue appropriate. Are you having tea with the Queen, or is your Dh going down on you?

LastStarFighter · 28/01/2021 23:17

@duffmcstockings

It has to be venue appropriate. Are you having tea with the Queen, or is your Dh going down on you?
I love the implication that one of those would be appropriate for a fart 😂
PickAChew · 28/01/2021 23:18

The traditional way, out of my bum.

Fizbosshoes · 28/01/2021 23:26

This thread is hilarious 🤣🤣

roxisolerenshaw · 28/01/2021 23:51

@lockdownshmockdown

Genuinely baffled by how many people are saying they don't fart in front of their partners.
I'm baffled by the amount of people who say they do Confused
lockdownshmockdown · 28/01/2021 23:59

No one is stopping me farting where I please in my own home. Wouldn't dream of telling my partner off for it either. If you're pinning them down and farting in their face then I can see how you're crossing a line. Otherwise... nah I don't see the problem.

NoToMisogyny · 29/01/2021 00:14

Doing a shit is a normal body function too - and I wouldn’t not feel relaxed in my own home if I couldn’t shit in front of my family/ partner. I don’t want to see any of them pushing one out either tbh.

TheDogsMother · 29/01/2021 00:29

Old school here but no farting in each other's presence. No using loo when other is showering or using bathroom in general.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 29/01/2021 00:34

I also enjoy farting near strangers, at a bus stop, or train station, and then slinking away, trying not to giggle and give the game away.

I have an Uncle who is highly skilled in the art of the silent but violent (flatal and fatal?). His finest hour was when he was sitting on his own in a pub, noiselessly dropped his guts, and then some young lads at a nearby table began arguing over who had done it – they actually came to blows in the car park as he drank up and toddled off on his merry way.

I once listed a jar of farts on ebay, for a joke. And, yes, somebody bought them. 99p. Hahaha.

Was it Christina Perri?

Some of you are going to get a shock when you get older.
Stand up - fart escapes.

If anything, when the aches and pains of senescence begin to take their toll, you’re just grateful of any little turbo boost to help you get up from your chair.

I once walked the entire length of the conservatory/sun lounge in a large hotel in Blackpool, rhythmically pumping away and crop-dusting a huge throng of unsuspecting people. It spanned the entire front of the hotel (the Norbreck, if anybody cares) – must have been a couple of hundred feet long. No idea where I got such a long-lasting stream of ‘fuel’ from.

Sadly, I don’t have a great many memories of one of my Grandmothers, but I will always remember her favourite joke, that she never tired of telling and I never tired of laughing at:

A young girl was overjoyed to be given two fantastic presents for her birthday – a new bell for her bicycle and a bottle of perfume – so much so that she excitedly ran around, telling anybody who would listen “If you hear a little noise and you smell a little smell – you’ll know it’s me!”

Gingaaarghpussy · 29/01/2021 00:58

I currently live on my own and any farts are let go, although I excuse myself. However on the odd occasion my cat farts i die.
It always bugged me if I was with my mother and her partner and one of them would do a noisy fart. It would be in stages and totally ignored. Where's the harm in excusing yourself?

Lofari · 29/01/2021 01:14

Farts are funny.
In hospital after my last c section and was in agony with trapped wind. They gave me something for it and then it got very loud and windy.
Lady in the bed opposite was howling laughing.

SospanFrangipan · 29/01/2021 01:37

Loud and proud in the house! Even DS3 enjoys a good 'trumpy pants'

Classicbrunette · 29/01/2021 04:48

I’m a bit prudish when it comes to bodily functions.. my dp doesn’t hold back, but I do, or at least try. I object when it’s forced out, if it’s natural then we blame the springs on the sofa. I think it’s disgusting when it’s done at the dinner table. I think people should have more manners and self respect.

Classicbrunette · 29/01/2021 04:56

Different case when it comes to my elderly relative who has had bowel cancer op and farts loudly standing up constantly.. in front of guests and anyone.. he must be so embarrassed as he’s as prudish as me.

withmycoffee · 29/01/2021 07:33

@duffmcstockings

It has to be venue appropriate. Are you having tea with the Queen, or is your Dh going down on you?
Which one is the appropriate situation let one rip🤣
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