Excuse me

[penfield]

Now that I am living with my girlfriend, to whom I have been monogamously devoted for more than two years now, I am sometimes confronted by an issue that I have difficulty addressing with any sort of delicacy: Is it okay to fart in the presence of a loved one? How much intimacy is too much intimacy?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It doesn't say much for your relationship if you feel you can't fart in the presence of the one you love. I sure hope you can poo while she is at home. Too much intimacy = trimming your nose and/or ear hair while you are both in the bathroom.

[jatchwa.livejournal.com]

It's now a matter of courtesy. You should still try to hold it in and go to the bathroom to fart. What changes, I think, is that you have now (hopefully) let your guard down and can fart without seeing it coming.

During the height of the courtship phase, one is so worried about doing something wrong that one is constantly on guard for screw-ups like farting publicly. Once you've spent enough time together, you're not constantly thinking about stuff like that or whether there's something in your teeth, or if your breath stinks. You're totally relaxed, and ready to toot.

Why would one ever intentionally fart in a room with other people in it?

[arealariel.livejournal.com]

Most people older than 18 don't TRY to fart with other people in t the room, it just happens. After a while (and 2 year is certainlyt"a while" ) you should be able to "oops toot" without fear of scaring off one's mate.

[village-twins.livejournal.com]

Sorry this took me so long to dig up: This was Marnie's reaction the last time Jason posed this question.