Welcome to TMI (Too Much Information) Thursday’s! As LiLu always says: Join us all in humiliating the crap out of yourself every Thursday by sharing some completely tasteless, wholly unclassy, “How many readers can I estrange THIS week?” TMI story about your life. Or hell, about someone else’s!
Today is Thursday and marks the FIRST day I am posting TMI Thursday. I’m gonna start small as this is my FIRST one. Let’s begin:
Whenever you start dating someone new, you tend to have “boundaries” or things you won’t do or say around your new significant other. This is the same for Dan and I. We started off with boundaries and then little by little, the boundaries started diminishing. Really diminishing – I mean, we’ve been dating for over 3-years!
Farting is definitely one of those boundaries. Growing up, farting was off-limits in my family. Even the word “fart”. Instead we were instructed by my mother to say “toot”. “I tooted” sounds better than “I farted” right? Even when we were driving in the car if someone farted, we were supposed to just open the window and close it ever so slightly. My sisters and I never followed this though and blamed whoever the culprit is as soon as we smelled something.
Back to Dan and I: I won’t forget the first time I accidentally farted in front of him. I was so embarrassed and it reminding me of when Carrie farted in front of Big for the first time. Remember? She then hit under the covers and he’s like, “It’ll be worse under there!” Then she felt that the fart ruined the whole relationship.
Since then, I have been farting more often. Not on purpose but sometimes because it just happens. Sometimes even to get my way. Like this:
Me: “Dan can I watch The Hills?”
Dan: “No, I’m watching my show.”
Me: “Please?”
Dan: “No.”
Me: “If you don’t let me watch The Hills I’m gonna fart!”
Dan: “Oh shit no (flings remote at me). Fine, watch whatever you want!”
See? Works every time.
I still get really embarrassed though. The worst is when I have a little too much to drink and the next day Dan tells me that I farted SO much and then made a big deal out of it. One night I guess I couldn’t stop farting and got all embarrassed and even cried. I don’t remember that night. Only Dan. Poor Dan.
I guess if we can fart around each other that means we’re intimate right? Ugh… maybe? What about when they smell really bad? I guess this whole transition from not farting to farting will ready us for other things (like stinking up the bathroom? This happens a lot.).
If this post was TMI then good because that was my goal. Hopefully I’ll come up with something else soon for another Thursday!
Please comment and tell me about your farting adventures… k? K.
xoxo,
Julie the Farting Machine
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Just wait till you get married! Then it all flies out the window! You only remember how gross you’re being with your husband when other people start giving you weird looks when you accidentally slip up in public with phrases like, “Hey, babe. Remember when we were in the bathroom and you had to help me off the potty because I was so sore from working out? I think I left my cell phone in there, too. Can you go get it?” (True story.)
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Brittany is right. Once you are married/living together, shit gets funny. Literally. I can’t believe some of the things Alson and I do. I should be ashamed, but I’m not. Surprise of the century, we just laugh about everything!
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On my honeymoon we were walking past these hammocks and I accidentally let out a huge “man-fart”. The other couples that were lounging looked at my husband like he did it. When I realized they were looking at him instead of me I looked at him weird too and let him take the blame. Oops! I wonder if that’s part of why it didn’t work out. Maybe he held a little contempt over that moment! haha Travis & I fart around each other all the time and we have only been dating for over a year. He use to hold them in, but I explained to him that for me it’s a natural process and if he kept holding them in he would explode one day! Have you ever read the children’s book “The Gas We Pass”? It’s too cute!
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It’s going on 6 years now and I haven’t farted in front of J yet. It’s become such a big deal that he’d probably put an article in the paper if it happened.
Apparently there was this one night, when I was asleep and he was just falling asleep but I maintain that it doesn’t count as I was unconcious. Also…deny deny deny!
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today is gonna be my first TMI thursday too, whooo hoo!! we’ll lose our tmi virginity together : )
i don’t know why farting is so funny, but it is. my bf and i were the same in our relationship, at first it was a big deal and sooooo embarassing, but then it was just funny and turned into a contest to see who could gross the other one out more. it can really work to a girls advantage, that’s for sure!
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Holding them in never works. They always find a way out. If you fight it, it only gets louder.
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farting really is a boundary! i’ve been with my guy for a couple months, so i dont think we’re quite there yet. unfortunately, i cant really control that part of my body when i’m asleep. there have been a couple times where we’ve been curled up (with me laying in his “nook” per SATC, aiden time period- so not ass to crotch), and i’ll be just barely asleep… when i wake myself up with a “squeak.” or a toot, if you will. i try not to react- because if it’s it’s audible, if im “asleep” it’s not something i have to deal with. don’t have to go through the “uhh … excuse… me?”
ha im glad that after 3 years you two are comfortable enough to toot! it gives me hope.
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AH! I love your blog! So glad TMI Thursday has given me a chance to discover it.
And I’m totally going to use your line when I want to watch the Hills!!
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AH! I love your blog! So glad TMI Thursday has given me a chance to discover it.
And I’m totally going to use your line when I want to watch the Hills!!
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I am also of the belief that farts are funny. Apparently, they only embarrass me in certain situations (cough, cough, therapy!), even if they’re just…faux farts? Hence my actually having a TMI to post today, ha ha.
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I’m definitely voting for it as a sign of intimacy… otherwise B and I are DOOMED!
Happy TMIT, love!
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That is too funny! The first time my boyfriend, David, farted in front of me he was getting up off of the couch to go fart in the other room and then ripped one as he was standing up! I laughed so hard I cried.
Heather
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Hilarious! I remember the first time I “tooted” in front of my now husband. We’d only been dating about 4 months at the time and I literally got up and ran out of the room. I’ve been told as time goes by that when I have too much to drink I usually rip off quite a few bombs during the night…. Ahh the intimacy of toots. Love it!
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Hearing all these stories makes me laugh because I can identify with them all. My ex and I didn’t fart around each other for a long time. I was told that I did in my sleep though…hey can’t be held responsible for what I do in my sleep
- Once we started living together though it was harder not to do it in front of each other. I think the ex was the first one to do it while we were together, so I figured if he could so could I. Besides holding it in starts to hurt and make you bloated!
I think “pooting” is definitely the first step in letting your guard down around your significant other. My boyfriend told me the first time he did it in front of me was a test to see what I did. If I overreacted and acted disgusted then it was a no-go. Since we’re going on 3 years, I guess my reaction passed the test
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My ex, who is still one of my dear friends, set the boundaries early in the relationship. He said that when he was growing up, this one girl farted in front of him, and he thought it was the nastiest thing ever. He has this theory that women don’t fart or poop. Fast forward a few months and we had just arrived at our hotel room in Vail. Try flying from sea level to the Rockies and tell me you don’t have gas. Well, he looks at me mortified and says “I have to go to the bathroom.” I said “Well go then.” He said “You’re going to have to leave the room.” I said “I will not stay with you in a room for four days and leave every time you have to poop. I brought spray, it is in my bag on the counter.” “AWESOME.” *slams bathroom door* I sit down on the bed, and to my relief am able to fart for the first time in what seems like days.
To this day, if I run into him, I still joke about how I never fart.
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I am laughing SOOOO hard. You are so funny! I haven’t farted in front of a boyfriend in a long time. I don’t think I’ve been serious enough with anyone. In college, my boyfriend and I were talking about breaking up. I got really sick to my stomach and farted. It was silent but very smelly. He asked me if I had just farted, I said “no.” We were the only two in the room. Ha Ha… he knew.
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OMG..my boy and I have no boundries….you name it …its out there. Loved your first TMI post!!!
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I think it’s a very intimate thing to do….what happened for me was he farted, it stunk BAAAAAAAAAAAD….and I was like “it’s ok. Farts are funny!” Because I have a 10 year old’s humor, it seems. It’s a total milestone. One I’m glad we crossed. It was started to hurt, holding them in (comment-tmi-alert!)
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Hilarious post!
I totally remember that episode of SATC! Happy Friday.
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LMAO!!! After 12 years of marriage we have no modesty anymore. It only gets worse but that makes it so much better!!! XOXO
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Ummmm…..
I really dont know what to say about this post hun….
I…ITs…. I mean… farting is….
I got nothing…
I love you?
(pfffffffffffffft)
Slainte
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I am cracking up! This is a great post and I love reading the comments too!
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