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Super embarrassed- I have farted loudly in front of DP

164 replies

Nicebucket · 09/05/2016 12:32

Ok, so maybe I know IABU

BUT I am mortified.

I've had some gynae issues recently and the side effect of the issues and meds has been a slight tummy upset

DP and I have recently started living together (about a couple months ago) and so far it's been smooth sailing.

Unfortunately, last night I farted in my sleep. I think it was loud too!!!Blush

I was semi- sleeping so kinda woke up and DP just giggled and patted my head.

We even had sex this morning- neither of us brought it up and he hasn't said anything:

But I'm still mortified and can't stop thinking about it.
He did ask me casually if I had left my phone on because a noise woke him up.

What if the noise was my fart?! How horrifying would that be! I farted loud enough to wake my bf up. Kill me now

OP posts:
MrsEvadneCake · 09/05/2016 19:18

I nearly pooed on DHs head...now farts aren't an issue GrinGrin

memyselfandaye · 09/05/2016 19:18

I read somewhere that if you don't fart, or think you don't fart, it's because you let them rip while you're asleep.

DeathByMascara · 09/05/2016 19:22

My long departed granny always said 'it's a poor arse that can't rejoice'. Words to live by, I think.

KittyKrap · 09/05/2016 20:37

Just remembered last night. My very farty DH had a poo in the ensuite while I was in bed. I could hear everything and was tutting loudly and clutching my pearls, I turned over and could see the reflection of him wiping his arse in our shiny wardrobe doors. That's love that is.

jellycake · 09/05/2016 21:31

I read somewhere that people who say that they don't fart, spend most of their sleeping time 'releasing their gases' i.e. farting like troupers.

jellycake · 09/05/2016 21:35

Fart facts

DacreSucksDonkeyDicks · 09/05/2016 21:35

Incidentally, I first farted in front of DH in my sleep, about two weeks after we met. Apparently it sounded like a 'sigh'. His first fart in front of me was while we were on a romantic walk a short while later. He let out a long, lavish leg-lifter followed by an emphatic 'aaahhhh, that's better'. At least mine was ladylike Grin

DacreSucksDonkeyDicks · 09/05/2016 21:36

jelly stands to reason - if you've been holding it in all day, it's got to sneak out sometime!

Chinks123 · 09/05/2016 21:51

KittyKrap that image really made me laugh Grin

My DP does everything In front of me-pooing, wiping (he invites me in to chat while he's doing it)

He's seen me give birth, showered me after the birth whilst dragging my catheter around and you'd think after that anything goes but I sill haven't pooed in front of him.

He thinks it's hilarious when I let one go in my sleep and likes to say "I can hear you spraying in the bathroom I know you've had a shit" he doesn't care but I just can't Grin

CinderellaFant · 09/05/2016 22:17

I fart so much infront of DH I don't think he even notices now! Unless it's a really impressive one , then he sometimes says 'that better not stink.' Or silently shakes his head.

He's cleaned my vomit, held my hair back when I'm hugging the toilet, had my period blood leak on him, and I'm sure many more gross but perfectly natural things!!

Hedgehog80 · 09/05/2016 22:20

Just be pleased you've got the awkward first one out of the way OP!
I've been with dh for 16 years....I still hold them in around him. I can't relax ! I can't even go to the toilet if he's upstairs as well and if he's downstairs I still have to do the 'wall of air freshener' so he doesn't smell anything nasty. It means I'm never relaxed

OneMoreForExtra · 09/05/2016 22:25

best laugh I had with (now) DH was letting such a colossal one rip in my sleep that I woke both of us up. I said 'better out than in'; he said 'better for who?' and we howled with laughter until we both cried. Your standards are way higher than mine by the sound of it!

ShowOfHands · 09/05/2016 22:29

There's nothing wrong with choosing not to do it or not liking it.

In 17yrs I've never done it in front of dh nor him in front of me.

PanGalaticGargleBlaster · 09/05/2016 22:32

So long as you did not hold his head under the duvet so he could experience the 'Dutch oven' effect you should be ok

Fourfifthsof · 09/05/2016 22:32

Better out than in!

DH and I got that all out of the way early - he is a very windy individual and I am a vegetarian so it was really better to get it out of the way as soon as poss. Grin

We pump in front of each other all the time and laugh our heads off about it too - we are very immature though - and proud of it.

I am sure he doesn't care - I understand it is embarrassing to start with though. At least now you have let rip once, there is no need to hold it in and give yourself a bellyache any more...

Fourfifthsof · 09/05/2016 22:34

Incidentally, DH once farted so loudly in his sleep that it woke me up and the dog too, who started barking.

I'm such a lucky lady. Grin

Iknownuffink · 09/05/2016 22:36

Oh dear, I would need to spend all evening in another room if I was too embarrassed to let rip.

OP, at least you did not follow through!

Babettescat · 09/05/2016 22:38

Ha.

DH has watched me give birth.

GinBunny · 09/05/2016 22:38

I'm lactose intolerant and unintentionally had dairy today (bastard sneaky soup) and have the worst cramps ever so am pushing them out because it's too painful to stand up and go to the loo.
DH asks at every trump if I'm feeling better because he's concerned that I'm in pain. Bless him Grin
Mind you, the first time I did it I was mortified and he just laughed, it was while asleep too. That's where 13 years gets you.

GinBunny · 09/05/2016 22:46

it woke me up and the dog too, who started barking
Yeah, I've made the dog bark too Blush
Funny how I don't have much to say on MN but everytime there's a fart thread I'm there!

Princesspinkgirl · 09/05/2016 23:02

Well I've just farted during sex new ish relationship I'm pregnant couldn't stop laughing about it he didn't seem bothered he did fart in front of me a few weeks ago but now I'm getting worried I'll do it again Blush

WeeHelena · 09/05/2016 23:08

Accidently loud farted on a a hard surface on a 3rd date Grin he's still keen few months on.

It's slightly embarrassing but you will survive Smile

HairySubject · 09/05/2016 23:28

I remember farting for the first time, just as we were nodding off. I literally shot across the bed, out of his arms and he didn't even notice. Settled back down and did it again. In 5 years he rarely farted.

SecretSeven · 09/05/2016 23:40

Everyone farts. Anyone that doesn't is a liar.

He giggled and patted your head. That means he wasn't upset.

And he will laugh about it incessantly with his mates down the pub at the weekend. Good lad.

Youremywifenow · 09/05/2016 23:52

I lasted 15 years before farting in front of mine apart from in my sleep which I apparently I did all the time. Then he got me pregnant and the pain of trapped wind overtook any sense of decorum.