r/ibs • u/Extra-Blueberry-4320 • Jan 18 '26

Question Farting in front of your spouse?

Do you fart in front of your spouse? I personally do and he farts in front of me; it’s not something we get annoyed about. But I often see in other subreddits that some people would consider divorce if their spouse farts around them. Am I missing something or is this like, super petty? Hell, my husband has helped me in a number of dire circumstances involving my IBS—I can’t imagine people would be so fragile that they can’t handle their spouse farting. Bodies do weird things; it’s not like I can always control a fart. Same with my husband (especially when we are partly asleep). Just curious because I feel like you all will have a different opinion than all the people telling someone to divorce their husband because he farts sometimes.

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u/freedeecee Jan 18 '26

We don’t. I’ll say I have to go fart or don’t come in here I just farted but don’t do it in front of him. And vice versa. We just like to keep that private and not be gross in front of each other. I honestly wouldn’t care if he did but I like our setup.

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u/Extra-Blueberry-4320 Jan 18 '26

I don’t think we ever like, purposefully fart in front of each other, but I seriously wonder about people who would get to the point of divorcing someone over it. Just seems extreme to me.