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‘D’ P farting while he’s prepping food

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Easipeelerie · 26/12/2024 20:00

He’s in the kitchen chopping meat and just let out 2 enormous farts (and quite deliberately, not like there was nothing he do about it)- doesn’t care and doesn’t think it’s a big deal. He’s in the kitchen prepping food,
Am I being unreasonable to not want to eat with him now. I find when he does this sort of thing that it’s so disrespectful and just unpleasant.

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FuckKnowsMate · 26/12/2024 23:55

Maybe the meat needed some seasoning?

BigSilly · 26/12/2024 23:57

Unless he pulled down his undercrackers and squatted over your food whilst he did it, I think your food will be quite safe! Whilst DeBrett's would probably frown on it, I think people should be allowed to fart in their own homes!

BlueSilverCats · 26/12/2024 23:58

The thing is, I wasn’t to know if there was follow through or not. It sounded like there could have been.

By the end of this thread he'll have shat on your plate, while you were still eating.

Newshed67 · 26/12/2024 23:59

I would find this disgusting and it's so rude and inconsiderate especially doing that around food. YANBU, I would feel like the food is contaminated now and wouldn't want to eat it

BluebirdBoogie · 27/12/2024 00:05

Surely this is a wind-up?? What on earth is the issue with farting around food? Honestly sometimes I think the whole world has gone mad.

Find something important to worry about.

NotTerfNorCis · 27/12/2024 00:08

Newshed67 · 26/12/2024 23:59

I would find this disgusting and it's so rude and inconsiderate especially doing that around food. YANBU, I would feel like the food is contaminated now and wouldn't want to eat it

Yeah exactly. The food will be associated with farts now.

BeachHutsAndDeckchairs · 27/12/2024 00:19

If he didn't actually shit in his pants, or even drop the pants and shit all over the food, it really isn't a problem, is it?

MerrilyOnhigh · 27/12/2024 00:22

We all happily eat restaurant food that has certainly been farted around by numerous people. It would be totally unrealistic to assume that restaurant cooks never fart at work.

BashfulClam · 27/12/2024 00:37

My colleague was saying her and her husband (newlyweds) have never farted in front of each other and said ‘I think that’s why we have lasted so long!’ (4years). I’ve been with DH for almost 20 years and said ‘Och if me and (DH) went somewhere else to fart we’d never see each other!’ Warts and all!

My Dad was a loud and proud farter and used to let go rippers that would shake the ornaments.

Everyone farts 💨

BettyBardMacDonald · 27/12/2024 00:39

BashfulClam · 27/12/2024 00:37

My colleague was saying her and her husband (newlyweds) have never farted in front of each other and said ‘I think that’s why we have lasted so long!’ (4years). I’ve been with DH for almost 20 years and said ‘Och if me and (DH) went somewhere else to fart we’d never see each other!’ Warts and all!

My Dad was a loud and proud farter and used to let go rippers that would shake the ornaments.

Everyone farts 💨

Ugh.

livingafulllife · 27/12/2024 00:42

Good lord you took offence to a fart grow up.
😂

BashfulClam · 27/12/2024 00:46

BettyBardMacDonald · 27/12/2024 00:39

Ugh.

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Don’t you? It’s a normal thing. You can be all faux horrified but i’m glad we can be normal and not run outside in the rain just to parp! That just seems ridiculous to me.

Caswallonthefox · 27/12/2024 00:51

I'm so glad it's just me and my cat.
If I'm stressed I fart, I frequently overwhelm myself.
I'd be forever running back and forth between rooms.

Growlybear83 · 27/12/2024 00:57

I think you were being absolutely ridiculous. It was a couple of farts for goodness sake! Why do some people of Mumsnet get so worked up about farting? Everyone does it - I expect even the king farts like a trouper now and again.

Growlybear83 · 27/12/2024 01:00

BashfulClam · 27/12/2024 00:37

My colleague was saying her and her husband (newlyweds) have never farted in front of each other and said ‘I think that’s why we have lasted so long!’ (4years). I’ve been with DH for almost 20 years and said ‘Och if me and (DH) went somewhere else to fart we’d never see each other!’ Warts and all!

My Dad was a loud and proud farter and used to let go rippers that would shake the ornaments.

Everyone farts 💨

I remember my husband telling me about three months after we had first met that he had never heard me fart. Being in a new relationship I had tried so hard to be demure and let them out quietly, but I realised then that he wouldn't be shocked if I let rip. 50 years later, I think he regrets saying that 😆😆😆

GoldsolesLugs · 27/12/2024 02:02

Obvious coercive control. But to be serious, OP, presumably you've had your ringpiece sewed shut? Google fecal plume, that'll really get you going!

LunaNorth · 27/12/2024 02:11

It’ll tenderise the steak lovely, that will. All the little gases mingle with the proteins. All the best chefs do it.

SindySnowflake · 27/12/2024 02:19

😂 I used to go out with a guy who hated farting. I used to have to wait for him to fall asleep before I could fart. It was a horrible way to live.

No such issues with my husband. Talk about meant to be…

FizzyBisto · 27/12/2024 02:23

HaddyAbrams · 26/12/2024 20:32

People are so weird. If I need to fart it's unlikely I'd get off the sofa and all the way upstairs before it popped out!

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The very act of getting up off the sofa is what would make me push it out - not sure whether it's just the angling of my body or nature's little turbo boost towards the energy used in being upstanding.

FizzyBisto · 27/12/2024 02:24

BluebirdBoogie · 27/12/2024 00:05

Surely this is a wind-up?? What on earth is the issue with farting around food? Honestly sometimes I think the whole world has gone mad.

Find something important to worry about.

Is that 'wind' to rhyme with 'find' or 'tinned'?

I think I can guess!

FizzyBisto · 27/12/2024 02:25

Growlybear83 · 27/12/2024 00:57

I think you were being absolutely ridiculous. It was a couple of farts for goodness sake! Why do some people of Mumsnet get so worked up about farting? Everyone does it - I expect even the king farts like a trouper now and again.

Actually, the king never ever farts himself - he employs the GGGGGGGGGGGS of this chap to do it for him:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_the_Farter

BettyBardMacDonald · 27/12/2024 02:27

SindySnowflake · 27/12/2024 02:19

😂 I used to go out with a guy who hated farting. I used to have to wait for him to fall asleep before I could fart. It was a horrible way to live.

No such issues with my husband. Talk about meant to be…

Doing it discreetly has always been the norm. Among those with standards.

Standards seem to have plummeted. People who are proud of emitting their fecal spray in front of their sex partners or social guests are certainly... interesting.

I can assure you that those who smugly believe their partners find it endearing are almost certainly deluding themselves. Give them a choice between an unabashed trumper and a continent person, and see who they choose.

SindySnowflake · 27/12/2024 02:30

BettyBardMacDonald · 27/12/2024 02:27

Doing it discreetly has always been the norm. Among those with standards.

Standards seem to have plummeted. People who are proud of emitting their fecal spray in front of their sex partners or social guests are certainly... interesting.

I can assure you that those who smugly believe their partners find it endearing are almost certainly deluding themselves. Give them a choice between an unabashed trumper and a continent person, and see who they choose.

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Well you say that but I would never go back to living with a guy who never farted in front of me 🤷🏻‍♀️ like I said, a horrible way to live. so I’d choose the unabashed trumpeter, given the option.

Maybe you should try letting one go. Might cheer you up a bit.

Growlybear83 · 27/12/2024 02:30

Well it's not put my husband or me off each other in 50 years 😆😆

@FizzyBisto I've never heard of Roland before! But I must admit one of my favourite DVDs is Le Petomane starring Leonard Rossiter at his finest.

mathanxiety · 27/12/2024 02:36

BashfulClam · 27/12/2024 00:37

My colleague was saying her and her husband (newlyweds) have never farted in front of each other and said ‘I think that’s why we have lasted so long!’ (4years). I’ve been with DH for almost 20 years and said ‘Och if me and (DH) went somewhere else to fart we’d never see each other!’ Warts and all!

My Dad was a loud and proud farter and used to let go rippers that would shake the ornaments.

Everyone farts 💨

Lol. Wait til your colleague pushes out their first baby.