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What wouldn’t you do in front of your spouse? -  I’m reading this article over on CNN and I have to say, I believe boundaries are important but I think attitudes about burping and passing gas, breaking wind, farting (whatever your preference of word/phrase) can be pretty ridiculous. People burp. People pass gas. It’s normal. With regard to the farting, sometimes it happens before you can excuse yourself to go find a spot where it’s safe to bust it out. Sometimes it gets ridiculous trying to excuse yourself because you’re farting every minute and excusing yourself every minute is just plain inconvenient.

Frankly, if the farter’s farts aren’t smelling up the whole place then I see no reason for anyone to be offended by the sound of gas bursting free. It seems to me that it would make more sense for people to try to adjust their thinking and accept that farting is normal and that there’s no need to be royally offended when someone sitting next to them lets one rip.

I’ll grant that an exception should be made when the farter’s farts smell like they ate a dozen rotten eggs, and even when there’s the slightest odor. Noisy farts are one thing. Stinking farts are another; but I confess I’ve released a few deadly-smelling farts in my husband’s presence. My worse-smelling farts smell like roses compared to his worse smelling farts though. Earlier in our marriage he would go outdoors every time he needed to fart. Eventually he realized how ridiculous that was. If your spouse can’t  accept that you sometimes fart and that sometimes your farts smell like death, then your spouse can’t accept you. End of story.

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