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Comment by arrty88 | Hacker News Reader

Love this. I was super scared the first time i was booking travel to Europe with a newish girlfriend.

If you’re doing intentional travel with a significant other you should probably already be at the “pooping with the door open” phase.

In my long dating years, I've never pooped my bathroom door open. Never even farted next to a girl. Is this disgusting behavior normal to some people?

Did you ever get married or did your relationships always end when they complained that you weren’t giving them your full self?

I had 4yr+ relationships. I am a shy pooper; I can't poop when someone watches me, while I fart or potentially destroy the toilet bowl. And also, there is the smell. Is "giving them full self" going full ape? Not judging, I am just curious, I don't talk about this with my other friends usually. Most guys don't share these weird details; it does not come up.

There was meant to be a layer of humor in my comments…

Maybe not everyone literally poops with the door open with their significant other but I’d personally have a hard time marrying someone who couldn’t exchange farts for a laugh.

I don't have a rigorous study to back my feelings, but I am pretty sure most people actually prefer to avoid their partner's farts and toilet smells.

Married with baby here—this is not a phase. Baby is the only one comfortable pooping with the door open.

There was definitely a layer of humor intended here, if you didn’t pick up on it.

Maybe not literally pooping with the door open but I can’t say I’d want to travel internationally with someone who I’m not comfortable with normal bodily functions around.

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