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How do you have sex with teenagers in the house??

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IsabeauMichelle · 28/02/2015 22:09

Just that really!

DP has had the all clear from his vasectomy, I've come off the pill a few months ago and my sex drive has gone through the roof Grin

But the teenagers.... They are always there... listening and watching Sad

How do you do it? We sometimes manage to in the morning at the weekend, but the rest of the time it's difficult and it's getting on my nerves.

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whatlifestylechoice · 28/02/2015 22:13

I totally read this thread title wrong. Grin I shall therefore keep my advice to myself. Wink

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AnyFucker · 28/02/2015 22:14

teenagers listening and watching ? Confused
I never see mine. I reckon they might have heard the odd sound, but they just put their ear plugs in and turn up the music Smile

I don't think there is anything wrong with them being (very peripherally) aware that their parents still express their connection in a physical way...

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FamiliesShareGerms · 28/02/2015 22:15

Me too, WhatLife Grin

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Fooshufflewickbannanapants · 28/02/2015 22:15

We converted our loft, its ours and sound proof ??

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Gobbolinothewitchscat · 28/02/2015 22:15

Me too. I raced on to ensure they were over 16!Grin

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JannerBird · 28/02/2015 22:15

Quietly.

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AdoraBell · 28/02/2015 22:15

Quietly, when the teens should be in Bed themselves, and with the bedroom door locked.

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saffronwblue · 28/02/2015 22:16

Early mornings while they are asleep.

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Maryz · 28/02/2015 22:17

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stolemyusername · 28/02/2015 22:18

Usually in the bedroom, they tend to get offended if we do it on the sofa Grin

We're lucky as our bedroom is in a different part of the house well away from theirs. Surely they are all constantly plugged into their phones anyway?

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CogitoErgoSometimes · 28/02/2015 22:19

I can recommend investing in some very fashionable and very fancy headphones..... for the teenagers. :)

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Fairylea · 28/02/2015 22:20

Send them up to bed at a reasonable time and tell them to read / watch TV or whatever once in a while. It won't kill them. There's nothing wrong with saying you need time alone.

Or you could just get inventive. ..."dh can you come and help me fix this blind / put washing away / hold curtain pole " ... disappear for a bit .....!!

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SlightlyJaded · 28/02/2015 22:21

Weekends. Between the hours of 7 and 11am.

Teenagers are physically unable to remain conscious during this four hour window.

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WhenMarnieWasThere · 28/02/2015 22:27

It would be much easier here if both of mine were teens. DD1 is 14 (today) and is - and always has been - awake late and, when given the chance, asleep late.

DD2 is 11 and is up at 8am at the weekend.

So it's either quiet morning sex here (and I'm not a morning person) or at bedtime when they are in their rooms and listening to the quiet music/audio books that they've always been allowed to listen to at bedtime.

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ManOfSpiel · 28/02/2015 22:29

I'd also agree with quietly lol.

We've become experts at ensuite sex either in or out of the shower!

Otherwise I find finishing work early does the trick as the house is empty.

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tilliebob · 28/02/2015 22:30

Firmly closed bedroom door and music on the iPod. Early morning sex when I have some energy. DH also shift works and I work pt so that helps too Wink

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pocketsaviour · 01/03/2015 00:38

"Daddy and I are tired and going for a lie down. Don't disturb us, we'll be down in a couple of hours."

Then bolt or wedge shut the bedroom door and have it off quietly.

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cromwell44 · 01/03/2015 00:43

In the morning. No chance of seeing the teenagers then. Otherwise we'd just disappear off to bed taking a bottle of wine with us on a Saturday night. I think the candles give it away.

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blueberrypie0112 · 01/03/2015 00:46

When they are watching tv

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Barbarella · 01/03/2015 00:48

It's a pita but

A biggish house helps, we have 4 floors so can disappear to the basement
Early morning
Lock on bedroom door
Saying "please don't disturb us"

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Bowlersarm · 01/03/2015 01:07

Yes, either very quietly.

Or early morning.

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Joysmum · 01/03/2015 08:15

We have a lock on our bedroom door, always have had since DD walked in as a toddler.

Isn't it normal for teenagers to spend more time in their rooms and not notice anything going on?

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BreeVDKamp · 01/03/2015 08:20

I always used to hear my parents having sex. Still do sometimes. Think DH has even heard them once. And they are very discrete (discreet?)! It grosses me out, obvs, even to this day. Can't be too quiet in my opinion!!

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foxinsocks · 01/03/2015 08:27

Considering I have to call them about 10 times to come down for dinner, I imagine I could be swinging from the rafters without them even realising

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IsabeauMichelle · 01/03/2015 10:01

Well now, this is interesting. When I started a thread a while back about teenagers always sitting downstairs with us and never spending much time upstairs, I was told that I was horrible and selfish for wanting time alone with DP.

Now it appears that lots of you have teens that never come downstairs!

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