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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?

OP posts:
noddyholder · 20/11/2011 15:25

How can you last? I don't think there is anything i don't do in front of dp.

countessbabycham · 20/11/2011 15:30

I firmly believe Big G gave me the gift of farting to alleviate boredom and provide amusement.Nothing makes DH and I laugh more than an unexpected ripper.
Really smelly ones are NOT funny though,unless they're your own,and you have control of the duvet for wafting.
I realise what a catch I am!!!!

(However secretly I do wish I had never farted in front of DH,thus preserving an element of decorum and mystery.But too late now.....)

HelloShitty · 20/11/2011 15:34

Nope, never fart in front of DH and he restrains himself too. Just got to teach the boy to do the same. I actually think it's really rude. My dad always took great pride in his farts and it still revolts me when I hear/smell people doing it in public.

NinkyNonker · 20/11/2011 15:42

I don't fart in front of anyone.

eurochick · 20/11/2011 15:50

I'm with you OP. I don't fart in front of my husband; he doesn't do it in front of me. In 8 years together the occasional one has crept out and I have heard him when I have been out of the room but neither of us ever deliberately does it in front of the other. It's part of the respect we have for one another that we don't wish the other person to inhale molecules containing our faeces. BTW, I maintained this through 10+ years of IBS. I would go to the bathroom if I needed to release some wind.

I don't understand people who say they cannot hold it. What do they do at work/at the cinema/round the shops/when their child is proudly picking up a prize at prizegiving? Do they just trump away whatever the occasion? If not, that means they can hold it, they just choose not to. Which is fine, but not the same as saying you can't hold it.

noddyholder · 20/11/2011 15:51

respect?

Onemorning · 20/11/2011 16:48

This thread is hilarious.

My DH has woken me on two occasions while farting in his sleep. The smell... ugh. He's rather proud of it.

somedayma · 20/11/2011 17:01

Yanbu. Gross

HairyBeaver · 20/11/2011 17:33

I like to fart whilst walking up the stairs Grin

Onemorning · 20/11/2011 18:25

Top tip: If you're walking to work wearing an Ipod and can't hear your own farts, remember that other people can. Blush

I think each couple finds their own balance. I had a BF who liked to chat to me while he was on the loo, which was grim. Me and DH fart in front of each other and it's a bit of an in-joke, but I'd generally try not to do so in front of the general public.

DwayneDibbley · 21/11/2011 20:23

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StealthPenguin · 21/11/2011 20:31

Psssh. I'm a particularly gassy person thanks to my IBS, so if I didn't pass wind in front of my DP I would probably explode. We have a very relaxed attitude around eachother, because otherwise we'd be feeling so uptight all day that we could never relax! We're just really comfortable with each other.

Then again, we also have in-depth discussions about our toilet activities, so I suppose we are weird in a way!

BsshBossh · 21/11/2011 20:34

I don't fart in front of DH either, nor burp come to think of it, nor go to the loo if he's in the bathroom too (eg brushing his teeth). DH doesn't either. Neither did my parents with each other. I like keeping a bit of mystery!

But I don't care if others do it with their other halves.

mamamazzini · 21/11/2011 20:34

pmsl at 'dh and I are probably 1/10th each others bum crumbs' Grin same applies here!

NinkyNonker · 21/11/2011 20:38

I'm really comfortable with my DH too, however I don't fart in front of him...or anyone else.

Bet01 · 21/11/2011 20:43

After I came home from hospital with DS and was basically sat on a chair bfing all day, I'd get up for a wee or something and mahoosive fanny farts would spring forth. I think it's because I was, ahem, a bit 'looser' than before. DP thought it was funny, bless his cottons.

Asteria · 21/11/2011 20:49

I will happily let rip in front of my nearest and dearest - however the friend who got the full benefit of the gorgonzola from the night before was not very happy! Poor love was left turning green as everyone else hopped out and she was left to park her landrover! I hadn't intended for it to be quite so loud, long and noxious however she got her own back later! Oh how we laughed...

I lived with a particularly toxic chap who would trumpet proudly and then harp on about how ladies shouldn't fart because it made them less attractive to him. I was in pain for months from holding them in - eventually I let rip in bed one morning. He went to Afghanistan the following week...

CEDR · 23/11/2011 14:57

I think some people are more gassy than others. My husband has NEVER farted in my presence for 7 years we've been together. I am naturally gassy and fart daily, frequently wake myself up farting..... it's loud but not usually smelly.... so I guess that's ok?!

MsBrian · 23/11/2011 15:17

DP told me I'm the fartiest girlfriend he ever had Blush

I'm afraid I would double in size in a day and explode on the second if I didn't fart.

But mine are nowhere near as bad as his farts - the vilest thing I've ever experienced when it comes to smell Envy

teacoupons · 23/11/2011 15:20

I do. I try not to but sometimes the IBS flares up and there's just not time to go anywhere else.

I'm not usually shy but farting in public bothers me.

SpacegirlRevisited · 23/11/2011 15:27

YANBU

Me neither.

SantieMaggie · 23/11/2011 15:30

OMG I suffer from bad wind sometimes and if I didn't let it out I'd be in agony.

DoesNotGiveAFig · 23/11/2011 15:42

It's ridiculous that you wouldn't fart in front of your partner. We do...it's still gross but it's natural!

ps Farts are funny!

FrillyMilly · 23/11/2011 15:43

Me and DH competitively fart. We are very comfortable with each other and it's only natural to let them out. Dd farts too and has even started to learn the skill of blaming it on someone else at the grand old age of 3. I try not to fart out and about or at work but in my own home I'm happy to set it free.

Those that don't fart in front of DHs did you fart freely in your family home growing up? Is there an age you started to fart only in private? Growing up we farted if we had to and there was no shame to it.

Neen80 · 23/11/2011 15:47

I learn't my lesson by holding in farts in front of DP.
We were watching a movie after a big hearty meal, I sneezed, leg went in the air and a man fart escaped! Very loudly!

Not my sexiest moment!