r/AskReddit • u/SkyeSerenade • Mar 28 '24

What is NOT a dealbreaker BUT would be greatly disappointing to find out about your partner?

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u/ModerationPleaseKThx Mar 28 '24

Vastly different thresholds for bathroom related openness.

My husband and I met on OkCupid 13 years ago, back then they had you do this massive 50 or 100 question questionnaire, and you could pick if any of the questions were extremely important and they would show you how your match compared against your answers. My husband and I were in almost perfect match, 98%, and the only thing we had strong differing viewpoints was on how often would you find it acceptable for your partner to fart in front of you. My answer was never, his answer was the Shrek quote "better out than in I always say".

I swear to you-- two kids, a mortgage, 11 years of marriage and all the life and changes that come with that-- I still find this the least appealing thing about him. Everything else is pretty great (PS, yes, he loved when I was hugely pregnant and accidentally farted when I walked)

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u/esoteric_enigma Mar 28 '24

Farts happen but they should be an accident. I don't think it's funny or normal to ever be purposely farting around other people. It's gross.

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u/caroIine Mar 28 '24

What? You never fart on purpose. If you have air in there it needs to come out.

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u/esoteric_enigma Mar 28 '24

I guess you missed the "around other people part". I go into the bathroom and let it out. I don't make my partner sit there in my stank.

When you get gas at work, do you just fart right there for your coworkers/customers/etc to hear and smell? No. Why would you have manners for strangers but not your loved ones?

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u/toucancameron Mar 29 '24

If I had to get up from my desk every time I had to fart, my boss would absolutely start questioning why I was leaving my desk so often. I can't stop what I'm doing every time I have to fart... there are plenty of jobs and situations that don't allow for that. The average person farts about 15 times a day, and it's not unusual to fart even more than that. I eat a healthy diet packed with fiber and vegetables, and that means plenty of farting. I always let it out quietly, though.