Midle aged men have to fart...

[Dom Tuk]

Why cant wives accept this simple fact of life. I dont fart any more than my father/uncles did when they were middleaged. I dont fart openly in public but atleast within the confines of my own home(detached/owned/paid for by years of hard work) i think i should have the luxury of letting rip. Why wont wives accept this. Besides they are never smelly. Anyone face this problem at home.

[Loosehead]

I think it's in the Magna Carta Dom!

[HAnn521]

Well, you seem to be going right along with my dad, uncle, brother....they do it and you sound just like them after they've been scolded by mom!

[jno]

women have the same intestinal processes as men. Ask Mrs Tuk how she manages to avoid it. She'll probably say she saves it till you're not around, and may even suggest you try something similar.

[Dom Tuk]

Ah jno when Mrs Tuk wants to... she lets rip....the response being that 'you do it so can I'. Myself and many other menfolk would happily agree to an arrangement whereby both parties are allowed to participate in this activity whenever the need arises. However as it is quite clearly a need that the male of the species feels obliged to fulfil more regularly than the female of the species....the imbalance seems to rankle the Mrs. Has this been a problem through the ages or is it a new one.

[katejess44]

Dom Tuk, I feel your pain!  I cannot imagine being in a relationship where farting was not found immensely funny (I know, juvenile in the extreme!)  I come from a long line of vociferous farters and we are always tickled by people being so prim and proper about it. It is only a natural expulsion of air! 

[mfewell]

What problem ? katejess44 is right, it's natural, and being advanced human beings we can control it, e.g. you can hang on to it up and then expel with great force, but be careful. This thread deserves to go far.

[mfewell]

p.s. Dom Tuk, there is another user of this site whom you should meet. I hope he gets to see this thread but his answer isn't going to last long.

[Chillum]

It's a kind of territorial thing, not only warning off predatory males with our equivalent of chest-beating/roaring, but also (and very efficiently, I may add), laying down a scent trail at the same time. Who says we can't multi-task?

[landie]

My wife's the same, I wish she'd keep off the cabbage.

[lecheekyworm]

I thought it was normal for both sexes after 40 yrs.. Let rip and enjoy.

[GemR22]

Just be careful what you wish for... my boyfriend egged (pardon the pun) me on for ages too lose my inhibitions and let rip in front of him, now I do it all the time, much more than him!! (And i'm only 22!)

[hellywellywo]

Let me tell you now Mr Tuk, it is not just middle-aged men who have the regular habit of "letting rip", my hubby is only in his 20's and quite frankly I worry that  there is something wrong with his insides.  Also NEVER smelly?  That is unbelievable. 

do any other girls get it when you and your hubby are a romantic moment and then it is ruined when  HE let rips without any warning, subsequently ruining the moment forever and suffocating you to boot. 

[Otrere]

Hehehehe - some of these posts made me chuckle. Me and my hubby have farting competitions, loudest and smelliest. The best was when it smelled so bad, he cleared the garden - we were out in the "fresh" air and everyone ran indoors!!

I can't understand anyone being so "prim and proper" about farting. We all do it - might as well make light of it!!

[rooftrouser]

...as long as you don't set light to it. Very dangerous.

I read somewhere that everyone (m&f) farts on average seven times a day. I can't help feeling that there is some sort of female SBD* conspiracy going on to make men feel bad about something they do just as much.

*Silent But Deadly

[Otrere]

I'm proud of my farts!! I'm a 33-yr old female! I announce them to give people chance to move away in case they smell! And I am damned sure I fart more than 7 times a day!!

[normyc]

My missus has made an artform out of farting. The way she lifts a cheek when she is sat down is my 2 second warning to evacuate the area.

I do obviously fight back, and regularly engage in a  game of fart tennis, where you score points when you fart 15-0, 30-0 etc.