I’m visiting my family for the holidays. My mom has moved in with a very nice man who treats her well. She’s happier than I’ve ever seen her, and I’m happy for them.
Except the burping. Dude thinks it’s cute to burp loudly. And we aren’t talking a nice after dinner burp. This happens every five to ten minutes. It’s my constant soundtrack.
BUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPPPPAhhhhhhh
Sometimes it’s followed by a comment on the quality of the burp, especially if it was a remarkably loud one.
BUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRPPPPPP “That was a good one, honey! Good loud one!”
It’s the first thing I head when I wake up, echoing across the house. And it will follow me, ceaselessly, until bedtime. When I watch TV, it comes as regularly as the commercials. As I eat, as I prepare food, as I have a nice conversation with my mom, it’s always there. At first I thought it was a medical problem, but it’s not. His son does it as well, and my mom does, too.
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPP
Come on guys. You have company over. Have just a tiny, tiny bit of class. I know it’s your cute family in-joke, but it’s driving me up the fucking wall.
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPP “Oh, did you hear that!!!”
As I’m sure you know, you can’t control other people. But you can decline further invitations, because that man sounds like a disrespectful child. I’d let mom know that while I’m happy for her if she’s happy, I don’t want to hang out with people that act like that. After that, it’s up to her.
When I was in Japan people would bring their bowls to their mouths and SLURP their soup loudly. At first it sounded odd to my Western ears but then I realised that SLURPING was the custom there and that as a NON-SLURPER I was unusual. This SLURPING caused me to assess many of my own cultural preconceptions and made me a deeper, more well-rounded person who wasn’t attached to material things. Also I get to SLURP.
That’s an old cliché that’s been repeated for years. And it’s always in the form of “in some cultures, it’s considered a compliment to burp after/during a meal.” :dubious:
I would not be able to tolerate that. Just…no. I can’t imagine staying more than a few hours in a house where people did that. I’d probably stab someone.
A few years ago, I was with my kids at a friend’s house for a playdate with her kids. She made lunch for all of us and then another friend of hers came over. This third woman made Mmmmmm-hmmmmmm-mmmmmm-hmmmmmm noises nonstop as she was eating. I can’t imagine living with someone who did that. She was married and had kids and I seriously hope for her husband’s sake that he is deaf.
I went see my mom for Christmas. I noticed her boyfriend would sneeze without covering his nose spraying mucus spiit znd god knows what pathogens ALL OVER CREATION. EVERY THING I TOUCHED THERE HAD VARYING LEVELS OF BEING COATED IN SNOT AND GERMS
Formatting and case used to convey rising levels of alarm as I thought it out. Some people have nasty habbits. I mean why would you not cover your damn nose?
Yuck. Do they do the belch-o-thon out in public too, or just at home? At least you don’t have to live with them.
Unfortunately the kind of person that finds constant burping super-duper funny is liable to react to any requests to knock it off by burping even louder and more often
I couldn’t handle that. I’d say something to the effect that his behavior is fucking disgusting, then continue my relationship with mom outside of his presence.
Have you tried first asking him to stop or cut it down? If he’s a nice man, he may take you up on your offer
I have a friend who, after knowing me a few years, worked up the courage to ask me not to chew loudly. I didn’t even know I did that! I apologized and stopped, though occasionally she’s had to remind me again. I never take offense. She confided that with some friends she’s known longer, she can’t ask them to do that because they are the type to take offense. I’m pretty casual and don’t give a hoot, so I was fine with it.
