To tell DH he cannot fart as he pleases in the house

[Loganberry14]

My DH has a tendency to do really, really stinky farts. Literally smells like something died. I've always found them a bit annoying, as when I was growing up we would never fart in front of each other, it was just accepted that if we needed to fart we would go in another room where possible. But now I'm pregnant and the smell is making me feel physically sick.

I've started to get quite annoyed with him and asked him to try and go to the loo to fart if possible. But he just rolls his eyes and then 5 mins later does another one and then looks mock guilty and laughs. His family all do it at Christmas as well - they are nearly all men and there must be some kind of rancid fart gene. Last time I was there I had to leave the house in the evening to get fresh air, it was that bad. I'm genuinely a bit worried about going there again this year and it being even worse because of being pregnant.

AIBU to be annoyed with DH/in laws?

Fair enough that you are pregnant and struggle with the smell. He should be trying to do it away from you where possible. Under normal circumstances though he should be able to. People are so precious about what is a natural bodily function. My Fiance and I fart in front of each other and his can be awful. He's always been this way and I accept it. He's seen the doctor in the past and there isn't anything wrong. It's probably just food. He gets bad after vegetables but he can't not eat veg!

As you're pregnant, reasonable to expect your DH not to do things around you that make your nausea worse.

My OH used to be like this and it was a cause of much disgust on my part. He seemed surprised that I struggled to find him attractive when he was literally in a rancid bubble of his own gas most of the time at home. It also caused him a lot of pain, discomfort and embarrassment as he would try to hold it in at work all day. Since then he was diagnosed with gluten sensitivity and has cut out gluten. He is like a new man and all symptoms, including the stomach-churning farts, have gone. Could your OH explore his diet and what could be causing his issues?

Get him some Charcoal pants for xmas.

Under ordinary circs I would say yabu but pregnancy changes the balance here so I voted yanbu. My dh once did a fart so bad when I was pregnant that I actually vomited.

@Latte40

A box or 2 of matches around- ask him to strike one to absorb the smell when he does it. Really when you're pregnant it's not on.

Or use them to set his inconsiderate arse on fire, that's always an option. I'm sure many of us here would give OP an alibi 😁

YANBU!
If his farts stink and he knows your stomach is sensitive due to carrying yours and HIS child, he should be selfless and consider your needs above his childish desire to drop his stinky guts wherever he feels like it! He KNOWS it's making you nauseated but he carries on and LAUGHS! He's acting the maggot! "Morning" sickness is bad enough without someone's bum smells around you! I had it ALL day for the first 3 months of my pregnancy and it made me feel like death! I had to get the ex to buy lemon scented washing-up liquid and throw the peach-scented one away because I couldn't feckin' bear the cloying, sickly sweetness of it, so my heart goes out to you as rancid farts must be far, far worse!
My husband used to do smelly ones but has long given up foods that he realised caused the stink, like sausages, boiled bacon and rashers. Now his farts are odourless for the most part, so I don't mind anymore and only laugh at him! I don't know if your still cooking or in charge of the food shop but if the big child won't go away from you to fart, you could try not letting him have any stink-causing foods anymore, along the lines of what I mentioned above? Cruciferous veg like cabbage and broccoli might need to go for the time being as well, as, even though they're good for you, they do cause smelly wind! A natural remedy that de-odourises farts is "Activated" charcoal capsules or tablets, which you can get from chemists or health shops like Holland and Barrett. They did help reduce the smell a good bit before my husband realised certain food caused a big stink!! As someone who will never forget the vileness and foulness of that pregnancy nausea, I am fully on your side and wish you all the best, both with sorting your eejit of a husband out and the health and wellbeing of you and your child!

I would try and summon up some vomit. Seriously, throw up on him.

If you are sure your DH is deliberately farting in front of you, then YANBU. However, it is worth considering whether he is one of those people who has absolutely no idea when a fart is brewing, and their eruption is a complete surprise to him.

I am like this and I can assure you, if there was any way to be different, I would take it. I have farted in every inopportune situation you can imagine and nearly died from the shame.

Had every possible investigation, every dietary change (including being vegetarian, which just made the farts more smelly oddly) and medications. Nothing works. I don't fart any more often than a "normal" person, but I don't get any cue that one is imminent

Obviously if he is happily telling you he is brewing something special he is a disgusting pig. I just thought I would share my experience in case it helped other posters.

As a last resort Vick in your nostrils reduces the stink.
Stick the rest of it (and the jar too) up his smelly arse.

I train my kids to leave the room when they need to pass wind.
It’s my pet hate and is a disgusting habit.
If my 5 year old can manage I’m sure he can.

Hang one of those pine air fresheners off his arse.
I understand a fart slipping out occasionally but if he's doing it deliberately and finding himself hilarious then that's just disgusting and juvenile.
I couldn't have sex with someone who smelt revolting.