Dear Prudence: Love Is in the Air

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Dear Prudence Love Is in the Air Is breaking wind in front of your boyfriend worth breaking up over? By Emily Yoffe Posted Thursday, Jan 05, 2012, at 12:21 PM ET Get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week; click here to sign up. Please send your questions for publication to prudence@slate.com. (Questions may be edited.) Got a burning question for Prudie? She'll be online at Washingtonpost.com to chat with readers each Monday at 1 p.m. Submit your questions and comments here before or during the live discussion. Dear Prudence, Recently my boyfriend of more than a year and I went out for drinks then came back to his place. We made love and fell asleep naked next to each other. Then, in the middle of the night, I woke up to the sound of my own fart, two farts, actually. The next morning, we both acted normal. He didn't say anything, and neither did I. We even went to the movies  at his suggestion. I am so incredibly mortified about this. I'm sure he heard it, because he is a light sleeper. I don't know if I should talk about it, because he hasn't brought it up. Even if he wants to bring it up, it's probably awkward for him. What should I do? —So Incredibly Humiliated Dear Humiliated, Talk about hitting bottom. It's obvious that upon waking yourself up with your trumpet blast, what you should have done was gotten dressed, gathered your things, moved to another town, and changed your name. But you blew the opportunity to start over by hanging around with your boyfriend and ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Lithwick: The Awesome Montana Judges Who Just Said Hell No to Citizens United Learn Programming in 2012. It Will Make You More Employable—and It's Kind of Fun. Why Do Women Vote Differently Than Men?	Advertisement
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