# Family- can we cool it with the burping? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 27, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549 "2011-12-27T18:25:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/61 "2011-12-28T20:30:21Z")
**even sven** , just eat half a bag of malitol candies prior to each visit. Every time one of them belches, slide out an SBD (but be carefult not to shart) and suddenly glance a the one who belched, with a look on your face indicating that you are concerned that something so ripely rotten could come out of his or her mouth. Once they start feeling nauseous, open a discussion on the dire medical harm that excessive belching can cause. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/62 "2011-12-28T21:52:52Z")
_"Mewling, puking babes. That’s the way we all start. Damply clinging to someone’s shoulder, burping weakly, clawing our way into life. All of us. Then gradually, surely, we begin to divide into two streams, all marching together up that long yellow brick road of life, but on opposite sides of the street. One crowd goes on to become the Official people, peering out at us from television screens; magazine covers. They are forever appearing in newsreels, carrying attaché cases, surrounded by banks of microphones while the world waits for their decisions and statements. And the rest of us go on to become . . . just us._"\* While continuing to burp. That’s what separates us from the Mitt Romneys. I am positive Mitt has never burped past the age of 3 months. \*from “The Endless Streetcar Ride Into The Night, and the Tinfoil Noose” - Jean Shepherd ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/63 "2011-12-28T22:09:26Z")
When I was a baby I would often shit my pants and suck on my mom’s tits, but I stopped doing both those things a while ago. You don’t have to be a robber baron to know how to behave around other people. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/64 "2011-12-28T23:01:53Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > 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. > > _BUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRPPPPPP_ _Ahhhhhhh_ > > 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!!!” > > Ugh. > [@even\_sven](#): > > Uh. I live on the other side of the country and see my mother- who is a GREAT mother and gave a lot to raise me and support me- once a year. I don’t think I’m going to pass up the rare occasional when I get to see my family because my mom’s boyfriend is gassy. And frankly i wouldn’t care if this guy spewed vomit all over the house uncontrollably. My mother is happy, he’s great for her, and that is amazing. > > As of cultures burping after meals…I’d be fine with burping after meals. A good burp after a casual family meal is a bit crude, but not completely outside the realm of normal and not inappropriate in your own house. But the 24/7 thing? It’s just so… _unnecessary_. > > _BUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPP_ I think you’ve commented in the past about the sacrifices your mom made for you. Suck it up, say eww occasionally, and thank your lucky stars that this guys doesn’t think farting is cute. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/65 "2011-12-29T01:46:55Z")
Oddly. the burping has quieted down. I fly out tomorrow- just at the edge of the “OMG everything my family does is obnoxious” moment. And what would the holidays be without that? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/66 "2011-12-29T01:58:09Z")
I thinks the OP is just damn lucky the family doesn’t “talk out of their ass” so to speak 🙂 I have a burping story. One year in college a few friends and I went on an extended camping trip during winter/christmas break. The kind of camping were you don’t see ANYONE for days on end. Well, one guy gets pretty good at burping soooo loud / sharp that it ECHOS in the woods. After about a week of eating soup from a can we get a hankering for real food. After bicyling about 20 miles on one speed bikes we hit the nearest one intersection town. Fantastic! They have a BBQ joint! So, we get to chowing down. In the middle of this, in a place the size of a large living room, my friend decides to rip an 11 level burp, not to do so but just because this has become his habit over the past few days. Needless to say he was embarassed and other folks disturbed 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/67 "2011-12-29T08:09:28Z")
A person who does that is sending a not so subliminal message about the level of respect they have for others. We’ve been trying like hell to break my step-daughters’ burping and bad eating habits, but it’s an uphill battle because their pig of a mom is known for belching very loudly no matter where she is or who she’s with. That makes it hard to enforce a no crude burping rule in our house, but we certainly try. She also eats with her mouth open, chomps, slurps, farts proudly, etc. I’ll never understand how a person reaches adulthood without picking up some manners on the way. I also have a friend who, in the last two years or so, seems to have lost any sense of etiquette while eating. The frustrating thing is that he used to have impeccable manners. Now it’s eating with his mouth open, smacking his lips, etc. That sort of thing makes me feel murderous. I realize that most people make a little bit of noise when eating, but again, this is an adult who should know better. He was here for Thanksgiving dinner and while we were eating my step-daughters couldn’t stop giggling over the noise he was making. Luckily, he didn’t know that’s why they were laughing. Then, out of nowhere, he lets a fart riiiiiip right there at the dinner table. I thought the girls were going to fall out trying not to bust out laughing, so I chimed in with a story to distract everyone from the slurpy smacker. What the fuck is wrong with people??? All that noise is NOT necessary! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/68 "2011-12-29T17:18:10Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Ha, yeah, because, “I’m sorry, but I don’t care to hang out with people that act like that” is sooo drama-queeny. Soap opera-worthy, even! Drama queening is an important social aspect of the culture of late Millennial/early Generation X single white middle-class women in urban centers of the United States. Rather than look down upon it and mock it, we must understand the root of such behavior. Besides, every culture has their own unique and accepted way of seeking attention. Rather than mock **even sven** , we should learn more about her subculture, to better understand why she and her peers reacting this way to burping. I’m going to open my mind by studying some sassy chick lit, watching the first season of _Sex in the City_ on Netflix, and going to yoga classes. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/69 "2011-12-29T18:25:10Z")
My husband and I have decided that US Americans murder each other so much because you can’t burp and fart even in the privacy of your own house. So much repression just builds up until it has to explode some way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/70 "2011-12-29T18:31:12Z")
But if you are burping and farting in front of guests, then you are not in the ‘privacy’ of your own house, you are in your house, but with other people. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/71 "2011-12-29T18:40:52Z")
> [@even\_sven](#): > > Oddly. the burping has quieted down. I fly out tomorrow- just at the edge of the “OMG everything my family does is obnoxious” moment. And what would the holidays be without that? Here’s hoping the flight isn’t delayed. That happened to me once, when i was long past the “OMG these people are obnoxious stage”. I wanted to cry. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/72 "2011-12-29T18:44:05Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > But if you are burping and farting in front of guests, then you are not in the ‘privacy’ of your own house, you are in your house, but with other people. The guests probably need to burp and fart, too. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/73 "2011-12-29T19:16:41Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > But do you do it in front of guests? My wife and I fuck on a regular basis in our home, but we try to refrain from humping on the living room ottoman during tea parties. > [@madmonk28](#): > > When I was a baby I would often shit my pants and suck on my mom’s tits, but I stopped doing both those things a while ago. You don’t have to be a robber baron to know how to behave around other people. Well, well, well, look at Mr High Society over here what with the no fucking on the ottoman and non-shitting of the pants. May we all strive to be as civilized as you. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/74 "2011-12-29T19:25:07Z")
Not high and mighty, just properly socialized. Expecting people to refrain from intentionally burping and farting loudly and then discussing the act is hardly a high bar for civilization. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/75 "2011-12-29T19:26:21Z")
> [@Cat Whisperer](#): > > My husband and I have decided that US Americans murder each other so much because you can’t burp and fart even in the privacy of your own house. So much repression just builds up until it has to explode some way. 🙂 > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Well, well, well, look at Mr High Society over here what with the no fucking on the ottoman and non-shitting of the pants. May we all strive to be as civilized as you. Oh, dear, **Drunky Smurf.** You’re sounding kind of repressed. I recommend a good blast of the tushie trumpet. Preferably in \*\*Cat Whisperer’s \*\*house. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/76 "2011-12-30T00:07:24Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Not high and mighty, just properly socialized. Expecting people to refrain from intentionally burping and farting loudly and then discussing the act is hardly a high bar for civilization. Exactly. One thing I keep forgetting is that the internet is a cross section of society. There are people online I interact with whom I would not want to have in my home. The un-mannered and ill-mannered are in this class. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/77 "2011-12-30T01:00:49Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Drama queening is an important social aspect of the culture of late Millennial/early Generation X single white middle-class women in urban centers of the United States. Rather than look down upon it and mock it, we must understand the root of such behavior. Besides, every culture has their own unique and accepted way of seeking attention. > > Rather than mock **even sven** , we should learn more about her subculture, to better understand why she and her peers reacting this way to burping. I’m going to open my mind by studying some sassy chick lit, watching the first season of _Sex in the City_ on Netflix, and going to yoga classes. As a Gen-Xer, I feel like I should be offended, but I’ll just say that you have much to learn from us. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/78 "2011-12-30T01:51:12Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Some people ('m looking at **Even Sven** and her attendant coterie of supporters) have a very low threshhold of tolerance if this is deemed worthy of pitting. I respectfully submit that a random venting on an anonymous message board is to be much preferred over shunning a loved mother, or - possibly worse - telling a grown man what to do in his own house. Now **that** would be pretty intolerant. I’m certain that eventually **even sven** will view it as a touching demonstration that the gentleman sees her as family, eventually. > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Well, well, well, look at Mr High Society over here what with the no fucking on the ottoman and non-shitting of the pants. May we all strive to be as civilized as you. Ah, I laughed myself silly over that one. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/79 "2011-12-30T04:05:17Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Well, well, well, look at Mr High Society over here what with the no fucking on the ottoman and non-shitting of the pants. May we all strive to be as civilized as you. I applaud you in your determination to not shit your pants. I hope you eventually succeed in not shitting your pants. That is quite a life goal that you have. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549/80 "2011-12-30T04:31:21Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > I applaud you in your determination to not shit your pants. I hope you eventually succeed in not shitting your pants. That is quite a life goal that you have. Applauds. This thread drift is hilarious. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-can-we-cool-it-with-the-burping/607549.md?page=5)