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To not fart in front of DH?

103 replies

magic8 · 19/11/2011 22:20

I recently had a conversation with some female friends and this came up.
They were all really shocked that i don't fart in front of dh (or anyone else for that matter),i was shocked that i was the only one who does'nt .
Its not that he would think any less of me or anything,we have a great relationship,i just don't really think anyone wants to experience anyone elses wind particulairly.
so am i odd in this or does anyone else feel the same?

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Esta3GG · 19/11/2011 22:38

A1980 - I bet you do sneaky little "cushion creepers"

MenopausalHaze · 19/11/2011 22:39

I snuck one out in Waitrose today. It's probably still there now!

ICanTuckMyBoobsInMyPockets · 19/11/2011 22:41

We don't fart in front of each other.
I did once, by accident. I got really embarrassed and apologised and asked him if he still loved me. Blush
In my defence, I was 8 months pregnant at the time, and very emotional.

tethersend · 19/11/2011 22:41

Pull my finger.

joanofarchitrave · 19/11/2011 22:45

Well, the doctor would presumably tell me to change my diet - which I've done, a million times in my life, and apart from the time I was a vegetarian for 18 months and was like a human hovercraft - one would come out and the next would bubble up immediately - nothing has ever made the slightest difference. This is how I am. I try not to fart in public, but in my own house??

BeerTricksPotter · 19/11/2011 22:46

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CointreauVersial · 19/11/2011 22:49

Grin tethers - behave!

A1980 - the difference is, when I am in public/in the office it is good manners not to fart, whereas in my own home I can relax a little and lower my standards.

Esta3GG · 19/11/2011 22:50

Blimey so much repression over a bit of guffing.
What about fanny farts?

RoyalWelsh · 19/11/2011 22:50

Very early on in our relationship I fell asleep being spooned by DP and, so he says, farted very loudly on his leg. The way he tells it, he smirked to himself, hugge me tighter, kissed my hair and thought to himself "she's a keeper."

Saying that though, I have my fair share of embarrassing stories of DPs shenanigans in bed, so it's in his interests to make me look good.

UterusUterusGhali · 19/11/2011 22:51

I don't guff in front of DH, nor do I go to the loo in his presence.

I pissed & shat & bled & snorted snot out in front of him whilst giving birth, but we don't mention it.Blush

PigletJohn · 19/11/2011 22:52

StrandedUnderTheMisltoe "I don't understand people that don't it is a normal bodily function, I mean even the QUEEN farts"

When I was exercising a horse at Windsor Great Park, I had the honour to find QEII riding in the same direction, and we had a conversation about navicular disease and azoturia, to which mine was prone, but, unusually, on Saturdays. At one point there was a raucous noise. "Oh my goodness" she said "I am sorry, how terribly embarrassing"

"Think nothing of it, your majesty! I replied "Why, if you hadn't apologised, I would have thought it was your horse!"

Ineedacleaneriamalazyslattern · 19/11/2011 22:52

Although I think I am taking it a bit far tonight, I am babysitting for a friend and the dc are in bed my friend and her dh are still out yet I still cannot let one go. Blush Oh god I am replressed hahaha

tethersend · 19/11/2011 22:56

It's fine as long as you don't follow through.

arwen1506 · 19/11/2011 22:58

I try not too, though if we accidentally the rule is always to say excuse me, I rarely do in front of him and if dh does he is normally a bit embarrassed. Though obviously if I have to in public then now would probably go to the toilet as work as cabin crew and recently got a bad case of trapped wind, which was really painful due to pressurization in the air. Now I try not to hold it in as much.

CointreauVersial · 19/11/2011 22:59

Ineedacleaner - you do know that the moment you let go you'll hear the key in the front door.

marriedinwhite · 19/11/2011 23:00

It's a natural bodily function. I wouldn't let one rip in the supermarket or at work - although it's sometimes difficult; and neither would DH. Regrettably we are a windy family on both sides. The DC could power a small town Grin and both inherited their father's habit of nonchalantly lifting a leg/cheek before they were old enought o copy [embarrassed].

MrsPennySworth · 19/11/2011 23:03

I couldnt imagine living with someone and never being able to fart! My dh absolutely hates me doing it with a passion yet he does it constantly, on purpose, and thinks it's really funny. I always say to him "if you stop doing it then I'll stop doing it" but as much as he really, really HATES me doing it he just cannot stop and walks around trumping all day (forced out ones I'll add).

I just refuse to hold them in for him if he won't for me! I dont care if im female and he is male - we're all equals when it comes to passing wind! Unladylike my arse! (pardon the pun)

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CalmaLlamaDown · 19/11/2011 23:04

Agree with stranded, you might not let one go on purpose in front of DH, but at night you will be parping away like a princess pumpalot...

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tethersend · 19/11/2011 23:12