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Farting in bed.

183 replies

tokka · 02/04/2023 20:53

Chatting with a close friend a few days ago over a coffee. We've known each other for years so nothings ever off topic.

She was taken aback when i disclosed that for years I've farted in bed and my DH ( who also farts in bed too ) isn't bothered in the slightest.

Would this be a deal breaker for you? Or are you also Teamfartinbed?

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PortmeirionTiles · 02/04/2023 21:45

MaryJean87 · 02/04/2023 21:32

Not if I can help it. We do fart in front of each other but in bed the smell tends to linger. But it's no big deal if one of us does.

This - it’s the ‘in bed’ thing I think is rank. Otherwise you can easily leave the room if it stinks too much but if I’m warm and comfy I don’t want to be forced to smell someone’s disgusting farts 😂😂

MYSTERIOUSGIRLONLINE · 02/04/2023 21:45

OMG... If I farted in or out of bed my hubby would file for a divorce lol. We don't fart in front of each other at all. I do burp though even though he hates that I burp like a bloke lol. My daughter is the farter at home and proud of it too lol.

DustyLee123 · 02/04/2023 21:47

When we shared a bed I’d fart and waft it his way !

DojaPhat · 02/04/2023 21:48

I think the issue for me is more about respecting other people's presence in the space so whilst it's a good thing to be open about normal bodily functions a lot of people on this thread seem to think that constitutes farting competitions with their parter and that sort of carry on. If my partner thought farting all the time in bed, wherever else was okay then he would no longer be my partner.

turtlemurtle1982 · 02/04/2023 21:53

If I had an easy and quick option (bathroom, walk out of room etc) I'd never fart in front of my dh. Obviously a few have slipped out over the past 20 years and we can laugh about it but I don't feel comfortable. I have female and make family members who fart in front of us, their other halves and the kids etc and it's gross.

Iloveautumncolours · 02/04/2023 21:55

As someone with IBS, holding in my gas is nigh impossible and down right painful. Just glad I am married to a man who can handle such horror! I couldn’t be with anyone who’d be disgusted with something totally normal, that’s just weird imo. We all fart even if some people like to think their crap comes out like rose petals and their farts smell like fairy dust!

billycat321 · 02/04/2023 21:58

and of course, there are the fanny farts!

MYSTERIOUSGIRLONLINE · 02/04/2023 22:00

Fanny Farts are so embarrassing! I cringe when that happens and will it feckin stop? Oh no, it goes on with every movement and my face gets redder and redder from blushing. Glad I'm not the only one lol.

ThatshallotBaby · 02/04/2023 22:06

I try not to, but the other night dh said I farted so loudly in my sleep I woke myself up Grin
He said at least it stopped me snoring

ThatshallotBaby · 02/04/2023 22:07

Oh the romance

Lieslies · 02/04/2023 22:12

One of the plus sides of my relationship breaking up is that my bedroom no longer stinks of rank man farts.

RuthTopp · 02/04/2023 22:20

A fart is a normal and bodily function as a cough would be , if you are in the comfort of your own home , then why not ?
That aside , I wouldn't let rip infront of friends or in a social situation.

Snownose · 02/04/2023 22:22

Shitting is also completely natural and almost as unsavoury. I don't do that in front of anyone either

Namechangingagain111 · 02/04/2023 22:27

I have IBS.
My latest exBF had to mention it every single time I farted - it's impossible for me to hold it in especially when I'm asleep.
He couldn't seem to accept that I couldn't help it and couldn't stop it happening.
Just one of the reasons that he's now an ex....

unsync · 02/04/2023 22:28

I blame the dog.

googledidnthelp · 02/04/2023 22:37

We both moan like hell when the other person does it but we still do it every night 🤣

MyopicBunny · 02/04/2023 22:38

No I've never done it even with people I lived with for years. They didn't either.

userxx · 02/04/2023 22:42

I don't fart in front of people, I'm not particularly windy thinking about it. I hate it when my boyfriend farts in bed, it's rank.

Workinghardeveryday · 02/04/2023 22:45

I really really really can’t understand how anyone can think they are really close to anyone special, when you are not comfortable enough to fart in front of one another.

My dp and myself have discussed this over the years, we both agree that people on these relationships really can’t be as close as people in a relationship comfortable enough to be able to fart without embarrassment or judgement.

The person you are sharing your life with, but you can’t fart in front of?

Zizz · 02/04/2023 22:47

I trained my first DH not to fart in my bed - every time he did it, I pulled all the covers off him and sprayed the area with air freshener! He soon learned to use the bathroom... yes, we're divorced now, but that's not why - honestly!

My current DH is allowed - he's disabled and leaping out of bed to fart elsewhere isn't going to happen.

kimchifix · 02/04/2023 22:54

I'm a bit worried at the volume of farting going on. They say it's cattle burps / farts that play a large part in global warming but this thread has made me think otherwise 😂 And yes farting happens in this house - in fact as I type DH has just let one go. If it stinks I will complain!

Sweet89 · 02/04/2023 22:55

We love to fart in my house. They just fall out of my DS, and my partner likes to lift his leg up for added effect, and I quite enjoy doing them in bed and wafting the smell over to him, very funny 😁

Hoolihan · 02/04/2023 22:57

I don't fart in front of others if I can help it and found my stbxH's bed farting absolutely foul and a massive turnoff.

RhubarbFairy · 02/04/2023 22:59

Yep, because it's normal and natural. I like to sleep completely cocooned though, and DH has complained a couple of times about the smell that escapes from my 'Fart Pocket' when he unravels me to get into bed if he's come up after me and I'm asleep. In my defence, these are usually ones that slip out when I'm asleep, but I burrito myself so tight that they can't escape, so they just build up.

He can't talk, though. He usually treats us to a particularly pungent one in the car.