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Dear AOC, please help me. I recently broke up with the man I had been dating for the last year and a half.

He's a former student of yours and very much enjoyed your classes.

During our first date, I indicated to him that a man passing gas in front of me is a deal breaker for any relationship.

I grew up with three brothers and a father who thought that passing gas was something that was acceptable to do in front of female family members.

I cannot tell you how many times that I asked my boyfriend not to pass gas if I was anywhere around and we were living together.

And as the relationship continued, the behavior did not stop and I was told he was quote unquote trying one of the reasons we broke up was because of my lack of desire to have sex with him.

Passing gas to me is as offensive as a woman who has a massive yeast infection and asks her partner to perform oral sex on her.

A huge turn off. As you can imagine, growing up with four men in the house whom exhibited gas passing behavior made me appreciate men who don't.

Of course, I understand sometimes a burp or a slip here and there are just mother nature.

However, as a grown man, he has chosen not to change this.

My ex-boyfriends adult son moved in with us for a couple of months and I did not hear him burp or fart even one time.

Obviously, this wasn't the singular reason I decided to end the relationship, but it did play a big factor in the sex appeal of my partner.

Also, by my partner choosing not to change his behavior, I also interpreted that as he didn't care for or respect me.

If he told me on the first date that he would never marry a woman who has an issue with him farting or burping, I never would have gone on a second date.

I was up front and gave him plenty of time to try and change.

Please bring this up as a topic of discussion. My ex-boyfriend listens faithfully and I am hoping that if he hears this from a non-biased third party, maybe the message will finally get through.

Kind regards anonymous.

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