Husband farting is giving me the ick

[Marriedtoafarter]

What can I do / say to stop my husband farting so much. He claims he can’t help it but I can hear he forces them out and they stink. I’ve said it isn’t fair for me to breathe in that air, said it gives me the ick, asked politely, asked sharply, asked so many times for it to stop and it does maybe for an hour or two but then he will fart again when we go to bed for example and it makes me shudder.

I love him so much but it makes me not want to cuddle or kiss him let alone anything else!!!

Any advice??? 😷

Charcoal tablets? Special stink-absorbing underwear? Kill him?

That's a bit over the top. Those underwear are horrible.

Have you tried telling him absolutely no cuddling, kissing or sex until he stops, and sticking to it?

Check his diet.

Well, so is forcing out farts.

Of course he can't help it. There will be a reason why he produces so much wind. Look at his diet.

I bet he doesn't just do that at work or with friends. You're right,it's disgusting and shows he doesn't respect you. Obviously it can happen very occasionally or if someone is unwell. But there's no reason to do it so casually and thoughtlessly.

This is what I was going to say

If they're that bad it's pronanly some kind of allergy/intolleance

Will he be willing to start cutting out certain foods? my advice is start with dairy, if that doens't help try gluten

Is it after drinking beer by any chance?

Has he just started this? Because if it's new behaviour that he can't help he needs to address the cause. If it's new behaviour and you think it's deliberate then he's trying to disgust and offend you. Is he respectful and considerate in other ways? Because men who do this typically are not.

Do you imply he has no sphincter control? He can't control gas production but every adult (and child from about the age of 2) can hold a fart until they get to the toilet. Farting in public is a choice.

He can stop at work. Or at a social event. He is just being vile because he can.

And even if he genuinely can't help it, unless he has a medical condition (which he needs to seek help for) he can hold it in for the 30 seconds necessary to leave the room.

He can check his own diet. My DH farts a lot (IBS) but he eats incredibly clean and they don't smell bad. I've told him if they did we would be divorced the amount he farts! But to be fair to him if something feels wrong he will go away from people to let it out because he knows that inflicting your stink on other people is antisocial and disgusting. Your husband needs to get a reality check. Making your wife smell your unholy colon reek is the fastest way to a sexless life.

Better out than in

Nothing like a farting thread to highlight the low bar that exists for men, or the lengths some women will go to enable them.

Urgh I’d get the ick as well. DH never farts in front of me, just like I don’t to him, because we’re adults that respect one another. Keeping the spark alive can be hard as it is, you don’t need farts thrown into the mix.

His diet is his responsibility, you’re not his mother. The amount of posts on here where if there’s something wrong with the husband, not just farts, but other things he should take responsibility for. People start suggesting ‘book him this, do this’. How about men take responsibility for a change?

Needs to put a cork in it.
I admit I am quite a gassy person but I don't do it on purpose around other people and revel in it.

This just... isn't true. I make no comment about this OPs husband, but what you've just said is so obviously untrue! Why would it be this terribly embarassing thing that happens to people if it was also something they did on purpose? It doesn't make sense for you to believe this, really.

laxatives - he will only force 1 out again 😂

Everyone has had an embarrassing moment when a fart pops out unexpectedly but that's completely different to squeezing them out every time you feel the slightest rumble. I can count the number of times I've farted at work on one hand and I've been working for 27 years.

Start spraying him whenever he does it, as if, he can't leave and go to the bathroom, he's just lazy and gross.

Also, tell him it's not attractive and makes you never want to have sex with him, pretty sure that would help.

My DP farts loads, the smell makes me heave. His diet is terrible and he drinks a lot, but won't do anything to change it.
He once farted in the car, and I had to hang my head out of the window retching, while he was laughing hysterically.
Another time he farted in bed, and woke himself up with the smell, and then moaned "what is that stink ffs" .
If I say anything he just says I fart too. Yes, correct. In the toilet, or another room.

A significant proportion of British people do appear to find farting terribly funny, though. I mean, obviously it happens to everyone, in all cultures, but I’m not aware of anywhere else according it quite the same kind of hilarity.