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To take pride in my stinky farts?

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kellwells · 14/05/2015 16:11

Ok, so I apologize for the TMI, but I have ALWAYS been a super smelly farter. It runs in my family. My mum has the stinkiest farts ever and so do me and my sister. I know it isn't an intolerance, and I do all the things that have been suggested to minimize it, but it's just the way I'm made.

When I was younger I was embarrassed by it, but then I decided that if I can't help it then I shouldn't be ashamed. So now I take pride in the fact that I can stink DH out of a room even though he's a big burly bloke and I'm little petite me. Even when he loads up on Guinness and pub food he can't compete with my stink. The best part is that mine are almost always silent so I will slip them out without him noticing and then laugh like crazy when it hits him.

So, I have to ask, is anyone else like this??

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Pony74 · 14/05/2015 22:46

I would leave someone who farted stinkers in my presence all the time. Utterly rank and vile. Boak boak boak.

Jasmineskye · 14/05/2015 22:48

Hokay, I'll bite.

I produce exceptionally smelly farts. They just do seep out Blush so clamping buttocks together doesn't work. However I have discovered it's a dairy intolerance which I know the world and his wife claims to have but switching to almond milk (which is yummy anyway) has made such a difference, really.

Tequilashotsfor1 · 14/05/2015 22:49

Farting and walking is truley an art form.

When my nan guffs she just carries on talking as if it never happened as she far too posh to admit farting . She even has a posh telephone voice too!

MerynFuckingTrant · 14/05/2015 22:51

I'm laughing my head off at some of the responses immature

bensam · 14/05/2015 22:53

Propelusagain - it's just her little joke on us! She does know that it wouldn't be acceptable in front of others (honest!) but it's all part of the laughter and comfort of being at home with her family.

emms1981 · 14/05/2015 22:53

Try charcoal tablets. My brother cooks for me at the weekends and does quite rich food and my arse is rotten for days. I don't fart as bad with my cooking. My 6 year old finds farts funny

PebbleTTC · 14/05/2015 22:56

:-)

To take pride in my stinky farts?
bensam · 14/05/2015 22:58

Propelusagain - it's just her little joke at the moment with us! She does know that it wouldn't be acceptable in front of others (honest!). It's just part of the laughter and comfort of the family unit at home. I don't think there's anything wrong with that as long as she knows the wider boundaries.

bensam · 14/05/2015 23:00

Oops! I didn't think my first post had worked. Ipad playing up!

Fairenuff · 14/05/2015 23:05

The worst thing about smelling a fart is realising that the air that has been in someone else's arse is now inside your body. And it's too late to do anything about it.

EmeraldThief · 14/05/2015 23:19

The day I stop finding farts funny is the day I die inside.

Of course I don't purposely fart in front of people I barely know. Although occasionally one may slip out, but if you can't relax in front of close friends and family then who can you fart in front of?

manaboutthemaison · 14/05/2015 23:20

I'm utterly shocked at the subject matter on this thread, from a very young age i'd been led to believe that before a girl reached puberty they had a "fartectomy".

This involved being whisked into hospital for a small surgical intervention, (the removal of the fart valve). Which was then replaced with a small device which excreted lavender scented "love puffs". This has been confirmed to me by Mrs Maison and several of her female friends.

Therefore women do not fart although we seem to have a labrador with a servere flatulence problem .

Tizwailor · 14/05/2015 23:23

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HappyGirlNow · 14/05/2015 23:24

So 'relaxing' is synonymous with 'farting' for some people? Confused

I manage to relax without sitting farting in front of other people...

thegreylady · 14/05/2015 23:28

At home we are perfectly relaxed and just let the wind blow free. We don't make a performance of it though.

SilverSamhainFairy · 14/05/2015 23:34

Right, I have never puffed (family word for farting in my family) in front of my husband. We keep bathroom doors firmly shut here. I am easily sickened by disgusting odours.

That being said, my lovely friend and her family have a competitive fart stepping game. Her eldest son is currently in the lead..12 steps to one fart.

CrystalSkull · 14/05/2015 23:35

Does anyone know why it is that people tend to like the smell of their own farts but not anyone else's? The other day I couldn't figure out if it was mine or DP's so I got confused as to whether I should like it or not! Grin

Tizwailor · 14/05/2015 23:43

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Doodar · 14/05/2015 23:44

DH complains that mine stink, that's the whole point. I love those YouTube clips of infrared fart emissions.
I have huge amounts of gas to emit on an airplane. I expel them with gusto.

Doodar · 14/05/2015 23:45

I can identify each of my DC farts by the smell.

SilverSamhainFairy · 14/05/2015 23:50

Tizwailor, I live in a crumbling heap of a Victoria, I dream in ensuites and abundant loos...I'm just a really private person, uncomfortable with sharing my bodily functions. It seems like other people would be v happy to share one giant litter box amongst family and friends...

Bambambini · 14/05/2015 23:50

Happygirlnow - honestly, don't you enjoy farting? I don't fart loudly in front of folk that aren't my close family though will silently. You can't just keep it all in.

Tizwailor · 14/05/2015 23:55

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SilverSamhainFairy · 14/05/2015 23:58

Tiz, oh I see! Thanks for the clarification..

pollypocket123 · 15/05/2015 00:00

Silly.