# Unbuttoning after a large dinner

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 13, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbuttoning-after-a-large-dinner/798738 "2017-10-13T17:06:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbuttoning-after-a-large-dinner/798738/1 "2017-10-13T17:06:23Z")

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Do you do it? And do you consider it appropriate?

I tend to do it after almost every dinner I eat. I tend to bloat up like a balloon when I eat large dinners. My mom HATES it when I do it. She says “it’s not a ladylike thing to do,” and she’d always scolds me for it whenever I’m eating with her somewhere. By contrast, my boyfriend could care less. He just shrugs.

Is it that taboo, or not?

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