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AIBU to change the bed sheets after DH farted in bed?

301 replies

Greyblankie · 11/04/2026 21:53

DH thinks it’s excessive. My argument is he literally fired gas out of his arse which would have then settled on the fabrics. If it had just been a small pump I wouldn’t have been that bothered but it was a big forced fart.

Be honest, is there anyone here that would have done the same? In my defence they were getting near due to be changed anyway, this just brought it forward a few days

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FlyingUnicornWings · 12/04/2026 09:57

Greyblankie · 11/04/2026 21:53

DH thinks it’s excessive. My argument is he literally fired gas out of his arse which would have then settled on the fabrics. If it had just been a small pump I wouldn’t have been that bothered but it was a big forced fart.

Be honest, is there anyone here that would have done the same? In my defence they were getting near due to be changed anyway, this just brought it forward a few days

God yes, get those sheets on a boil wash IMMEDIATELY.

But also I’m worried about something else. What happens if he farts on the sofa? His fart gasses will get trapped in the fabric there. Do you have removable sofa covers, or do you at least have a Vax Spotwash? You can get this great pet stuff which is essentially enzyme cleaner, you can get a spray or you can get a bottle which you can mix with your Spotwash detergent. Breaks down the fart particles. Also great to use if he farts on the car seats, hopefully you have an extension lead long enough to reach wherever your car is parked. Nobody wants trapped fart gas particles in their upholstery.

Honestly he’s so gross, farting. It’s so inconsiderate of him. Have you thought about LTB? He doesn’t sound like much of a “D”H to me. If he loved you, really loved you, he’d take himself outside to fart. Fart gasses get everywhere if you’re not careful. Maybe you should talk to him about changing his diet so he’s not farting as much.

Or, alternatively, stick a cork up his arse.

FlyingUnicornWings · 12/04/2026 10:10

Greyblankie · 11/04/2026 23:37

No he wasn’t wearing anything!! So it’s a case of direct impact with the linen

just to add I didn’t change them immediately 😂 I did them this morning

Not the no pants, ferocious fart, direct impact? It’s getting worse with every update I read OP.

I don’t know how you put up with him.

Shessweetbutapsycho · 12/04/2026 10:26

The comments 💨😂😂😂😂😂

Hedjwitch · 12/04/2026 10:29

I farted at the theatre last night. They had to stop the show and evacuate the building. I felt pretty bad about it.

brunettemic · 12/04/2026 10:56

Frankly I’d be moving house in that situation, the house is now infected and utterly unliveable. I’d possibly go as far as demolishing the house to ensure nobody else would be impacted.

hahabahbag · 12/04/2026 10:59

Yabu, it happens all the time it’s just you heard him. Honestly you are being paranoid

Luckyingame · 12/04/2026 11:02

Toottooot · 11/04/2026 22:04

I’d probs change the mattress too.
Fit happens fan he farts on the sofa?
Do you change the sheets fan you fart - or are you too ladylike to ever fart?

That's what I thought.
Husband is 76 and I'd be washing sheets and changing mattresses every other day.
😁

MrsJLL · 12/04/2026 11:11

Best thing to do is sprinkle talcum powder in your bed

It will absorb any odours and “undercover” humidity caused by your husband’s vile bottom behaviour

Thindog · 12/04/2026 11:15

The best fart hack is to get him some pants with a charcoal filter, insist he wears them at all times. Game changer. (This saved my marriage.)

HelpMeGetThrough · 12/04/2026 11:17

Febreze the bed. Works for that annoying woman’s shoes on the advert, so should work for fart gas.

Laurmolonlabe · 12/04/2026 11:19

Excessive, to the point of insanity.

Nowvoyager99 · 12/04/2026 11:27

Greyblankie · 12/04/2026 08:56

Nice to see a small number of people agreeing with me 😂

And yes, poo particles do come out with a fart. It’s gross to think you’re sleeping in it. Obviously I’m aware that we’ll both be farting all night but that’s like saying you should clean your shoes everytime you stand outside as you’ve probably stood in animal urine. If you KNOW you have stood in animal urine because you physically saw it then wouldn’t you wash your shoes?

Hold on a minute. Are you saying you object to someone farting in their own bed, but live in a “shoes on” house?

Otherwise why would it matter what you had stood in (aside from actual shit obviously)

tnorfotkcab · 12/04/2026 11:33

Greyblankie · 12/04/2026 08:56

Nice to see a small number of people agreeing with me 😂

And yes, poo particles do come out with a fart. It’s gross to think you’re sleeping in it. Obviously I’m aware that we’ll both be farting all night but that’s like saying you should clean your shoes everytime you stand outside as you’ve probably stood in animal urine. If you KNOW you have stood in animal urine because you physically saw it then wouldn’t you wash your shoes?

What makes you think poo particles come out on to sheets especially if he's wearing underwear?

There's poo particles everywhere in the air...and dust mites and all sorts...

Do you change your underwear every time you pass wind?

Anonanonanonagain · 12/04/2026 11:39

Did he leave skidmarks? Then yes but if not then you are being silly. If you both sleep naked or even if he does then you have his willy juices all over the bed too, his pubes, his armpit hair etc so you would have to change them 14 times a night.

AntiqueBabyLoanSmurf · 12/04/2026 11:45

gostickyourheadinapig · 12/04/2026 04:28

I've realised that I should be changing my car far more frequently.

Next time, get yourself a gas guzzler: two birds; one stone.

Sassylovesbooks · 12/04/2026 11:50

I'm always farting....if I changed the bedding every time I farted, I'd be changing it every day!! Unless your husband 'followed through', which it doesn't appear he did, then I think you're overreacting.

We all fart in our sleep, and aren't aware we're doing it! It's all perfectly normal.

Lifeomars · 12/04/2026 11:55

Do you change your clothes when you fart during the day or are you such a refined flower that the only emissions you have are sweet floral scents. This is one of the maddest things (and that it saying something!) I have read on here.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 12/04/2026 11:55

HelpMeGetThrough · 12/04/2026 09:38

You’d have hated being on the ward I was OP. They wouldn’t let me home until I was farting like a symphony orchestra. All that whilst in bed and they didn’t rush to change the sheets.

In their words, farting is good.

I remember my DF’s nurse being delighted when he finally farted after his op for colon cancer.

The bastard big C did get him in the end, though. 😰

Whosthetabbynow · 12/04/2026 11:58

This thread has made me lol. I’d rather my bed didn’t smell of arses

AntiqueBabyLoanSmurf · 12/04/2026 11:59

So what happens if, after somebody has parped so devastatingly that they've surely befilthed the sheets, you put new, clean, non-pooticle-filled ones on the bed... and the very action of bending over and stretching gives you just that push that you need to become one of the poopetrators yourself?

It's an ongoing hazard for those who are determined to maintain the standards, without a doubt.

Aniceempirebiscuitandacupoftea · 12/04/2026 12:16

Oh MN you really need to reinstate the laugh emoji. I’d be using it excessively on this thread.

Monty36 · 12/04/2026 13:54

How very strange.

FieldInWhichFucksAreGrownIsBarren · 12/04/2026 13:56

Justwonderingum · 11/04/2026 21:54

Are you going to wash them or burn them?

Why oh why is there no 🤣 reaction available.

Sartre · 12/04/2026 13:58

As many others have said, most of us fart in our sleep and have absolutely no idea. Unless he’s shit in the bed, changing it because you’re aware he farted is insane.

Tortephant · 12/04/2026 14:03

You are married. I assume you share all sorts of body “excess” directly and indirectly on your sheets. This is no different to sweat or …