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Not farting in front of DH

414 replies

Dancingatthepinkponyclub · 16/02/2025 20:24

Not really an AIBU but I love hearing what others think!

Have been with my DH for 18 years and have never intentionally farted in front of him. I mean I know it’s impossible to hold every fart in but he’s never actually heard one! If I need to I would go in another room or be discreet. My mum and sister are the same and a couple of friends. Also my DH is the same and won’t in front of me unless he does by mistake!

I know it’s natural and everyone does it but I’d never want to endure someone’s else’s fart nor make them endure mine! It hardly makes you attractive does it! That being said I wouldn’t fart in front of anyone… I mean maybe the dog!

what do you think?!

OP posts:
Autther · 16/02/2025 20:27

We fart with freedom in this house

Deadringer · 16/02/2025 20:27

I am the same op, would never intentionally fart in front of anyone, forcing someone else to breath in air that has just been in your arse seems rude to me.

ArtTheClown · 16/02/2025 20:27

I let rip, but so does he. I'm puerile and find it hilarious.
On Valentine's morning I wanted coffee in bed so I farted loudly to wake him. up. When he only stirred, I farted again and that got him properly awake, and I got my coffee.

somedayforoneday · 16/02/2025 20:28

Ever have, never will.

RosesAndHellebores · 16/02/2025 20:29

Different strokes for different folks. Obviously I wouldn't in company but in the privacy of our bedroom and vice versa. He watched me give birth - a trump isn't a game changer.

Interesting that you think it's such a vulgar habit yet use the vulgar word for it.

We both thought it was hilarious that when ds was a baby he used to lift his leg and smile. Just like daddy. It was innate.

Newnamesameme · 16/02/2025 20:29

Only accidentally farted in front of anyone.

NoseyFarkers · 16/02/2025 20:30

Autther · 16/02/2025 20:27

We fart with freedom in this house

Here too.

I mean, I'd turn away if we were both lying in bed, I'm not a monster. But leave the room? Nah.

Pebbles16 · 16/02/2025 20:31

I have colitis and holding in bodily functions is a lifetime achievement.
Never have and never will

Panticus · 16/02/2025 20:31

I'm the same and so is my DH. I think you'll find we're in the minority on MN though, and a whole bunch of posters will probably show up to tell us how uptight we are and how shit our sex lives must be Hmm

AlphaB3tty · 16/02/2025 20:31

I think Elsa said it best...."Let it go"! 😁
It's a natural bodily function. Saying that, I don't do it at work! I wait until I'm driving home, to warm up my seat! Lol
DH and I just get sarcastic at each other when we fart in front of one another.
Also.....
Beans, beans are good for your heart, the more you eat the more you fart! The more you fart, the better you feel, so eat baked beans with every meal.

FoxtonFoxton · 16/02/2025 20:32

I'm the same as you. 27 years with DH and never intentionally farted. DH wouldn't care -I didn't at home with my parents and sister either. If I need to go I step into a different room or use the bathroom. I don't like to smell other people's farts and I don't inflict mine on others either!

Ponderingwindow · 16/02/2025 20:32

I wish I had the kind of digestive system where I wasn’t occasionally lying in agony and just need to let things out even if DH has happened to walk into the room.

mumzof4x · 16/02/2025 20:33

Nope me neither
I have done accidently a couple of times and was quite embarrassed.
He wouldn't in front me either .

TheLaughOfRustyLee · 16/02/2025 20:33

Or so you think.

Are you saying you have never farted in your sleep and he has never been awake to hear it?

That will all change when you hit perimenopause 😆

FoxtonFoxton · 16/02/2025 20:34

Panticus · 16/02/2025 20:31

I'm the same and so is my DH. I think you'll find we're in the minority on MN though, and a whole bunch of posters will probably show up to tell us how uptight we are and how shit our sex lives must be Hmm

I know -its been posted before and I got told I was uptight and our relationship must be terrible 😂😂😂 I didn't care but it did make me laugh.

MixedBananas · 16/02/2025 20:34

I tried to but while pregnant with DS1, after 6 montha if marriage, I had awful morning flatulence it woke me and DH up i was so mortified. And I experinced it with both pregnancies nothing I could do. So now I don'tt give a hoot. Not intentional bit if it slips it slips.

MixedBananas · 16/02/2025 20:34

Ponderingwindow · 16/02/2025 20:32

I wish I had the kind of digestive system where I wasn’t occasionally lying in agony and just need to let things out even if DH has happened to walk into the room.

I am and IBS sufferer and this happens sometimes with me also.

PinkPonyClub25 · 16/02/2025 20:35

Considering my DH saw my body cut open twice to see his children being born, also saw me wet myself at King's Cross station in front of 100s of people after a operation that went horribly wrong, this doesn't faze me in my relationship. Grin

Bonjovispyjamas · 16/02/2025 20:35

I always say it's a compliment if I fart in front of you, means I feel comfortable enough around you to do it 🤣 There's certain people I wouldn't fart in front of e.g. my bosses.

CheekyHobson · 16/02/2025 20:35

Same as you, OP.

After my ex, who used to let rip loudly, frequently and stinkily (sometimes doing so in a room others were in and then leaving the room himself!), it is an absolute pleasure to be with someone who has both consideration for others and self-control.

DisforDarkChocolate · 16/02/2025 20:35

I didn't used to but pregnancy gave me enough wind to levitate. All mystery lost then and no getting it back.

Catza · 16/02/2025 20:35

I have full control of my sphincter so have never done it either. My rule of thumb is - if you wouldn't do it on the first date, you shouldn't do it in front of your long-term lover.

Lemsipper · 16/02/2025 20:36

Same! I still pretend I dont poo!

Boredlass · 16/02/2025 20:36

That’s crazy to not have farted in front of him. You exchange bodily fluids but you won’t fart? Wow

QueSyrahSyrah · 16/02/2025 20:36

Same in our house OP. If I can manage not to (deliberately) audibly fart at work, or on the train, or in the supermarket, in a restaurant, at a friends' house or wherever else then I can manage not to do it at home.

DH would fart with wild abandon if left to his own devices but he knows I find it grim and a turn off and he respects that.