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Probably not a common conversation topic but I was wondering how many folks on here actually fart and burp within their families?
A car full of us started talking about this and I was surprised at the women who said they would be grossed out if their husband farted in front of them.
One woman said that is the only way she can tell if her husband is awake in the morning.
Another said they agreed before marriage not to do either as a sign of respect--but they had only been married a few years.
I'll go first. We don't go around deliberately trying to gross each other out but we go by the moto:
"It's better to fart and feel the shame then not to fart and feel the pain"
We simply say "excuse me" and don't try to make a big deal out of it but the little girls do giggle at their Daddy and say "Ewwww" sometimes.
My son went thru a phase as a teenager of trying to deliberately burp for sound effects but I guess all boys do that.
So what does your family do?
After 35 years of marriage, believe me, my husband and I have seen, heard and smelled each other at our very worse.
As long as grandma isn't present we just let em rip as they come, no excusing or anything. I never even thought about this before...
just letting out some air that's all.
Same thing in the football team almost, fine some might laugh a little at the worst ones, but that's about it.
Among friends it's usualy like if it's macho enough guys nobody minds.
But if it's among girls or more "metro-sexual" guys I try to sneak em out quietly even if we're outside...
burping on the other hand is rare to hear, and when i've had them i haven't had a hcance to control it either so I don't see the big deal.
I don't think anyone is grossed out, people says they are because they think they're supposed to be...
As long as grandma isn't present we just let em rip as they come, no excusing or anything. I never even thought about this before...
just letting out some air that's all.
Thats because Grandma will laugh at you and call you an amateur
It's no big deal in our family really, we laugh about it. Having said that, it doesn't happen that often, we generally try to be a little more considerate in company. Except maybe the nineteen year old brother.
On the issue of blaming the dog, my grandmother (yep) accidently let one rip and said "oh Toby, dear". Too bad we had to let her know that Toby had been dead for over a year!
Those silent creepers in different aisles at the grocery store/drugstore are the worst. Someone poots then you walk through their fog.
My husband set me up in the market a few years ago with one of his SBDs. We needed milk and he got out ahead of me and the cart by a good 20-30 feet and turned the corner where I could just see him. I rolled into a brown fog and about threw up. I gave him the eye and he gave me the smirk letting me know that it was his. I hustled to open the case and get the milk by which time two other shoppers rolled into the fog with me and gave me the evil eye. My 12 year old husband was pretty pleased with himself over that one. I had to admit that it was fairly funny later when I was out of the store. The looks on those other women's faces was priceless.
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and burp within their families?
