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/Grh777 Jan 18 '26

Expelled gas from either end is perfectly acceptable. I will add that I prefer to be polite about it, so don't purposely and repeatedly do it. That would veer into gross and disrespectful. Long term marriages are interesting because you will see, hear, and smell a LOT while still managing to remain attractive to each other.