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The (non) fart club...Do you do it infront of each other??

I saw this article on thenest.com and thought it was cleverly fun haha. This is totally me and Dave, we don't "toot" infront of each other, we just don't! Are you like this couple or are you more of a "free-winded" couple?

The Article is called: In Defense of (Non) Fart Club

Lest anyone think that Holly has somehow browbeaten me into not farting around her, I just want to go on record and say that the whole non-farting thing just happened (or didn't happen) organically.

I'm the type of guy who would pretty much never fart in front of ANYONE (sure, that rule may have been broken once or twice, but come on). In fact, farting would probably never have even come up in conversation between Holly and me if we hadn't gotten a dog. But the dog is a total stinker, and that sort of broke the ice.

But the fact we’ve never forged through the farting frontier (at least the human one) is probably just an extension of the way Holly and I behaved when we were dating, which had everything to do with us being young, vain, and crazy self-conscious. I guess I’ve always pictured a husband the way I did as a kid: old, disgusting, and just sort of a “Dad” archetype. I've never seen myself that way, and I definitely don't want to be seen that way. So I act accordingly.

I realize I’m a dying breed. One of my friends just doesn’t give a f*@# about letting one loose in front of his girlfriend. She actually told me that he comes into the bathroom and drops a deuce while she’s taking a shower! That completely blew me away when I heard it. It's like wait five minutes, dirt bag! To me, that complete lack of modesty equals "I don't care what you think,” which is no attitude to have in a relationship.

So here’s the verdict: I'd like to preserve the integrity of Holly's image of me for a little while longer...as long as possible, actually. Tell me I'm not the only guy out there who feels this way.

Anyone? Anyone?

-- Jack

The article with comments is here: http://ideas.thenest.com/love-and-sex-advice/my-married-life/Blogs/my-married-life-in-defense-of-no-fart-club.aspx?showfull={A5845161-33DF-4615-A5E4-1FAFE3DB1039}
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fierygurl's Green wedding
 |  Halifax, NS, Canada  |  09/23/2009
Ha!

That's not us at all. We are "free winded" as you might say. And we also think it's hilarious.
purplenat1's Purple wedding
 |  Lafayette, IN, USA  |  09/23/2009
Oh, I totally disagree (sorry)! When you can finally fart in front of each other, that means you're comfortable enough to accept all aspects of each other, not just the pre-prepared ones. I mean, we still giggle when one of us farts, and it's not like we have contests or anything, but we are comfortable enough with ourselves and with each other to not have to portray a posed and perfect image. Come on, now, everybody farts!
joeysgirl's Green wedding
 |  Ottawa, ON, Canada  |  09/23/2009
we are also "free winded" lol. And like purplenat, I believe it shows we are comfortable with and accepting of each other.  We also don't have contests but can share a giggle together.  Actually, Joe's nickname for me is farthead. haha Sort of strange maybe, but its a cute inside joke for us.
sarahdarling's Black wedding
 |  Toronto, ON, Canada  |  09/23/2009
i remember when FH and i started dating he would constantly excuse himself to use the washroom. after a couple months i was starting to get worried he had a medical condition and asked him about it and he told me he was just going to the washroom to fart because he didn't want to do it in front of me. i thought it was soo sweet and told him that i really didn't care and if he had to do it, just do it! here we are 3 years later and he drops bombs like nobodies business! sometimes i wish i could go back to that time when rancid smells stayed far away from me. but i love him dearly and don't want him to hide any part of his smelly self.
futuremrscarter's Green wedding
 |  Acworth, GA, USA  |  09/23/2009
OMG! We do it all the time! I wouldn't feel right if I couldn't do it! LOL!!
anastasia12's Green wedding
 |  Cleveland, OH, USA  |  09/23/2009
I don't think it has anything to do with how "comfortable" you are with each other. We have been together for 9 1/2 years and although he farts in front of me, I do not in front of him. He told me 9 1/2 years ago, that it would totally gross him out if I ever did...so I have never. I'm sure when I get pregnant, I will have to start farting in front of him though. I heard its really hard to keep it in! LOL
futuremrsmarin's Pink wedding
 |  Annandale, VA, USA  |  09/23/2009
Haha, I think HE does it too much. I am NO longer embarassed to "pass gas" LMAO! Its funny to us, even our kids laugh. Our number 1 rule though is that we never do it in public..
bethann0508's White wedding
 |  Northridge, CA, USA  |  09/23/2009
we fart all the time! we even...well i dont want to go into detail but my mom thinks we are too comfortable with it! haha. there is NOTHING i or my FH can do that is not ok or embarrassing in front of each other.
duggytobe's Blue wedding
 |  Peterlee, Durham, United kingdom  |  09/23/2009
we are also 'free winded' I figured I didnt want to spenbd the rest of my life holding it in! lol I agree it's being comfortable with each other. However my sister still doesnt in front of her fiance after 3 years together, and she's 8 months pregnant! Go girl managing to keep it in! lol
jhardx89's Black wedding
 |  Tampa, FL, USA  |  09/23/2009
lol! we pass gas in front of each other ALL the time. we are so comfortable with each other, and i couldn't imagine being any other way. it's a part of life. his nickname for me is stinkies. bahaha. thanks for posting this, because i'm SO glad i am not the only one who is so "free-winded" with their significant other!
deneanrae's Blue wedding
 |  Red deer, AB, Canada  |  09/23/2009
lol thats funny...each to their own! I always said that you are never completely comfortable with each other until you can fart in front of each other... i guess now were comfortable lol as neither of us hold back. Heck...my guy will go as far as to dutch oven me...ew..dont ask. Guys love farting for some reason? Anyways... i dont think it symbolizes "I dont give a shit", to me it states "I am comfortable with my self"
nlm3415's Pink wedding
 |  Hermitage, PA, USA  |  09/23/2009
This is funny! DF and I have been together over 4 years and I still have only done it once and that was very recent! For the first 2 or so years he would neverrr fart infront of me, and one time it slipped and we died laughing! Ever since he has been letting them rip. Farts crack me up! I also hid going #2 from him foreverrr! If I was staying at his house for the weekend, I would hold it allll weekend just because I didn't want him to hear it or anything! Hahah. I'm not sure if I'll ever be quite comfortable farting infront of him... but maybe once we're married!
rodrhonda4ever's Blue wedding
 |  Sacramento, CA, USA  |  09/23/2009
You know what? Me and hubby had this conversation recently and it's a funny one! We've been married 10 years and he's not as windy as I am. The other day we were watching the Tyra Banks Show and the specialist on there said that it is NORMAL TO FART AT 6 TIMES A DAY! Everyone does this...They said....HAAA!  I have no problem, because if I do't my stomach will hurt and cramp so, watch out! Basically, I'm very comfortable about my sugar lumkin. He's not. Heeeeehheee, to bad! For better and for worst! That comes with the package!
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vintagebabe
 |  Lake placid, NY, USA  |  09/23/2009
we fart. burp and high five.
10oct2010's Pink wedding
 |  China  |  09/23/2009
HAHAH.. very interesting and FUN topics :) I can't stop laughing when i read all of the comments!! hahaha..
well.. I'm not 'free winded' person. but my FH was! We have the deal! he can't fart in front of me, because i don't like it. I can't tolerate!!! hahaa.. but  there's one time that he he can't hold it anymore, and suddenly 'toootttt!!!', he was like" UPS! sorry hon!!" HAHA.. it was really funny,  if you see his face.. felt guilty because after blow the 'wind' !! haha.. I ever got angry, in fact, i like him saying sorry after the fart because his face is sooo cute! Hahaha
sapphire2009's Blue wedding
 |  Cary, NC, USA  |  09/23/2009
haha- we are definitely not conservative in this area! it actually started by accident because there was not a chance I would've let rip in front of him if at all possible. I got really sick one day, bent over and let rip the loudest wind ever! I went bright red and locked myself in the bathroom while he thought it was hilarious. after much coaxing, I finally came out and since then its just been whatever between us. most of the time, I still blame mine on the dog though!
cre8tive's Blue wedding
 |  Poway, CA, USA  |  09/23/2009
Wow all these stories are so funny!  I would say the verdict is that most of you do fart in front of each other...me I have been married 18 years and have never done it!  In fact, in my first marriage, 7 years, I never did it then either... .maybe you girls have something here!    I am very happily married, but maybe this time around I should change my ways in that department :)
bethann0508's White wedding
 |  Encino, CA, USA  |  09/23/2009
we fart, burp and high five too! we dutch oven...we go number 2 in front of each other! he is my best friend, my other half. i dont understand how you could not have this connection..
amcs76's Green wedding
 |  Pickering, ON, Canada  |  09/24/2009
We are "free-winded" as well. When we first started dating 6 years ago, we had been together for about a month or so.... One day we were play fighting and he picked me up and put me up over his shoulder and squeezed my stomach, and I accidentally let one rip. I was sooo embarassed, I locked myself in the bathroom, lol. He just made fun of me after that, and we've been "free-winded" ever since.
ricecake5's Green wedding
 |  Waterloo, ON, Canada  |  09/24/2009
We are free winded as well!!! I'm am in nursing and am SO used to that stuff.  Trust me... farting is not gross compared to some of the other stuff that body of yours does!!! everyone does it !!!

We aren't rude about it, like he would never come and fart near me on purpose or anything, or fart in my face, or anything like that... he just does it when he has to and so do I. It's healthy! lol

We don't even giggle about it or anything either! We just do it and it's like no big deal.
dirtndiamonds's Black wedding
 |  Fort scott, KS, USA  |  09/24/2009
My FH and I fart around each other. I'm not sure when he finally felt comfortable to but now he thinks it's hilarious and I give him the satisfaction of laughing with him as he enjoys how awesome he is to fart to well and loudly and nastily. I fart when I'm with him, too, but don't make such a stink about it (lol). It's sort of annoying actually. I can tell it sort of grosses him out, but I HATE double standards, so I have found I'm fine with each of us having the liberty to let loose.
sabrinav's Blue wedding
 |  Brampton, ON, Canada  |  09/24/2009
I love everyones comments....very funny and interesting!

We obviously, as I said, don't "toot" infront of each other, or at least we try not to, we are human though and sometimes you just can't help it, We're not about to live our lives in a bum clench or let our stomachs ache in pain..and so sometimes it just happens infront of each other, in those cases though we usually ignore it and move on.

Most of our friends do it infront of their significant others all the time (loud and proud they say...haha) and so this got us to talking about it while we we're still dating.

For us, we both agreed that we just didn't think it seemed polite, we just don't want to go out of our way to present each other with the grossest version of ourselves, sure we've SEEN the grossest version of each other and we love even those times but I want my husband's thoughts of me to first be the attractive stuff instead of his thoughts going first to how much I smelled or how loud my bum screamed that day  :I

...for us, we feel that farting isn't going to "improve our sharing abilities' or "prove our commitment to each other" and not doing it isn't about hiding ourselves from each other; we're comfortable sharing our lives with each other , our most intimate feelings and fears, we cry infront of each other, have been sick infront of each other, we're more than comfortable being naked with each other and have a adventurous and amazing sex life... but this is a little curtesy thing that we just like to keep to ourselves.

Call us crazy but we're a non-farting couple..............AND we pee with the door closed!
lol we must be doomed! ;P
futuremrssmith's Pink wedding
 |  Houston, TX, USA  |  09/24/2009
I also don't think it has anything to do with being comfortable around each other I am more comfortable around my FH than anyone but I don't pass gas in front of him I just think it's a little gross and un"ladylike" lol i'm to much of a girly girl.
monikas's Chocolate wedding
 |  Orlando, FL, USA  |  09/24/2009
Count my vote.............:o) I can say that I do all the time.I tell him it's better out than in.Basically I feel comfortable enough around him to do it.Past relationships I wouldn't have thought about it.
FH on the other hand NO he doesn't....................
samlovesj's Blue wedding
 |  Houston, TX, USA  |  09/26/2009
We are free winded as well. Everyone has gas and it's normal. It's not a big deal to me. I have no problem burping in front of him either.

Now if one of us does it on purpose just to be gross or annoy, then that's a different story.
samlovestrevor's Black wedding
 |  Oklahoma city, OK, USA  |  09/29/2009
We don't try to hide it anymore. I'm not sure at which point in the last 3 1/2 years we stopped hiding it though. We NEVER farted in front of eachother when we first started dating. Now though, that's a whole different story lol.
tobemrsf's Red wedding
 |  Pacoima, CA, USA  |  09/29/2009
We fart and its no big deal....its a simple fact of life.
When I had my surgery last year he had to help to the bathroom so that made us rather comfortable with just about anything at this point.  MInd you I dont invite him into the bathroom while Im dropping the kids off at the pool, but in a pinch we've had to share bathroom space and its no biggie.  I think if you plan on spending your life with someone its just something that is bound to happen.
jajb2010's Black wedding
 |  Calgary, AB, Canada  |  09/30/2009
Ohhh dear god if I didn't fart in front of my FH I'd die of cramps...ha ha ha reason I'm marrying the guy is cause I'm 100% comfortable no matter what I do..we're all human and "farting" is part of life!! Let Errrrrr rip girl.. ha ha ha ha
bananapants's Green wedding
 |  Minneapolis, MN, USA  |  10/09/2009
Well, I'm late to the party (haven't been on here in awhile) but had to throw in my two cents!  

FH and I are "free-winded" [love that choice of words!], but that didn't happen until after we'd been living together for about 6 months and got our first dog.  Suddenly, we were having all sorts of conversations about the dog pooping and farting, and, well, it just spiraled from there.  Now, FH "greets" me with a toot almost every morning (ga!) and I can usually tell it's coming because I feel his stomach tense up as I'm cuddling him and say "HEY, point your butt the other direction, you!"  It is what it is, and now, more than anything, it's kind of a joke between us.  I have no qualms farting (or peeing) in front of him anymore, and we just share a knowing look when either one of us does it.  

"Dropping the kids off at the pool" though is another story...that's a bridge I hope we never cross!

Great post!
hume1989's Chocolate wedding
 |  Okeechobee, FL, USA  |  10/15/2009
yes, we fart in front of eachother... after we lived together for 2 weeks i got used to the fact that i would have to do it sometime. now it doesn't phase either of us :)
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TashaSita
 |  Scarborough, ON, Canada  |  10/29/2009
Ha ha! To each his/her own but part of the reason I love Mark so much is because he totally loves me with all the realities of life - the fact that I too, get gas! HA HA! To us, it's like some of these other posts up here, just about being completely comfortable with each other. I actually love the fact that I can just be me.
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