Recently moved in with my GF. I think she may have IBS.

Eliminate gluten.

For two weeks, make sure diet is completely free of it. If "IBS" continues, it's not the four or five things that it might be, if eliminating gluten does solve the issue.

The next time she locks herself in the bathroom, pound on the door and ask if she's okay.

Pics?

If you want a good marriage, do not co-habitate with your girlfriend before marriage (or after marriage :P).

You've lived together for 2 months and still don't far around each other? I would start with the farting issues before you move on to the poop issues. 1 step at a time.

It strikes me that there are many other activities that she could be doing in the bathroom that would require a masking odor that are NOT IBS...vomiting? Cooking substances on spoons?

And quite aside from that, why would you change her diet without her knowing?

Dude, you need to go back to the drawing board!

Get off the pot! wrote:

It strikes me that there are many other activities that she could be doing in the bathroom that would require a masking odor that are NOT IBS...vomiting? Cooking substances on spoons?

And quite aside from that, why would you change her diet without her knowing?

Dude, you need to go back to the drawing board!

Not trying to be gross, but there's usually no mystery about what has transpired if you go into the bathroom afterward (even with the air freshener). You're right tho, the diet thing was a shot in the dark, a stupid idea. I just wanted to see if there was something I could do without her having to feel embarrassed. She'd never go for the gluten thing, eats a bagel almost every morning.

Together since January and moved in together in July. Interesting.

My girlfriend has that too, she’s moved in with me, and I love it since I have a fart fetish. Only problem is she is grossed out by her own issues but I’m not. I’ve tried to get her to fart in my face while I use her rear as my pillow but a lot of times she’s too embarrassed

Maybe she’s constipated. You need to lube her up and do her anally often.

Problem solved.

You’re welcome.

I have to ask, is she super skinny? Everyone I have known to get irritable bowels has been a super skinny person who keeps trying to force out a piece of poop the size of a cottonball every other hour whenever they think a new piece of food could have possibly dropped down their colon. The real solution to this might actually be to binge eat once in a while so you learn what it's like to take a real dump.

Gluten can hurt your stomach, but does not usually make you feel the need to poop regularly. Something like milk (lactose) can make you feel gassy or like something needs to keep coming out, though, in addition to hurting your stomach.

Like I'm not saying go get Indian food because she might have a runny blowout from that, but maybe some Chinese orange chicken with a bunch of rice. Don't risk General Tso's or broccoli, though, because then you teeter more toward the Indian experience. Also, spaghetti. Buy the girl some never ending pasta at Olive Garden.

You probably want to just flat out ask, "Do you have irritable bowel syndrome?" See where the conversation goes.

If that's too easy, then I recommend you start locking yourself in the bedroom for 15-20 minutes at a time and blaring some rock music. When she starts getting up in your grill, simply state, "We all have our secrets," and walk past her.

I would bail.

Drop a bomb and don't flush to assert dominance. She is trying to assert her dominance over the bathroom.

Not sure if it has been asked yet, but we need pics to make sure we have the best judgment.

Ever think she's just trying to clean herself out because she wants you to give it to her up the poop chute?

Wejo, you’re not fooling anybody. It’s ok. Enryone has weaknesses. Speak to your new roommate about her bowel dysfunction. She should be checked for IBS before it begins to eat away at her colon and cause irreparable harm. In the meanwhile, it’s high time for you to conquer your fecal fetish. It’s not normal.

Cheers!

gassy wrote:

You've lived together for 2 months and still don't far around each other? I would start with the farting issues before you move on to the poop issues. 1 step at a time.

Not OP but we haven’t farted (intentionally) in front of the other and we’ve been together 5 years. It ain’t sexy and i wanna keep it sexy.

I’m sure we’ve heard the other fart once or twice in sleep or something but otherwise, nope.

Shoebacca wrote:

Like I'm not saying go get Indian food because she might have a runny blowout from that, but maybe some Chinese orange chicken with a bunch of rice. Don't risk General Tso's or broccoli, though, because then you teeter more toward the Indian experience. Also, spaghetti. Buy the girl some never ending pasta at Olive Garden.

You probably want to just flat out ask, "Do you have irritable bowel syndrome?" See where the conversation goes.

If that's too easy, then I recommend you start locking yourself in the bedroom for 15-20 minutes at a time and blaring some rock music. When she starts getting up in your grill, simply state, "We all have our secrets," and walk past her.

This dude is well adjusted and damn funny. ++++10579644

Maybe she wants to experiment, and wants you to know that her colon is emptied.