# Embarrasing moment at dinner out last night...what do you think?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasing-moment-at-dinner-out-last-night-what-do-you-think/821742 "2018-09-22T19:41:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embarrasing-moment-at-dinner-out-last-night-what-do-you-think/821742/78 "2018-09-24T09:53:29Z")

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> [@nelliebly](#):
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> After reading the OP’s previous posts on bloating and gas, I smell a skunk. It seems some of us have been had.

Looks like bloating runs in the family:

> [@For fellow Women: When did PMS start for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fellow-women-when-did-pms-start-for-you/821363/1):
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> My niece, who is 12, came over to stay at my boyfriend and I’s apartment for about a month over the summer.
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> One morning, she came downstairs, looking tired and stressed.
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> “Aunty Laurie, I’m bloated again. My jeans hurt.”
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> I looked over at her. Her stomach was swollen, and she couldn’t button her jeans. She was almost on the verge of tears…

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