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Couple having sex in front of window

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doremifaso · 31/08/2025 10:05

My children’s bedrooms looks out toward a house in the distance that has a bedroom in which looks like a converted loft. They have big floor to ceiling windows and NO curtains.
We were told by my neighbour once that he saw the occupiers there having sex in full view in front of the window - this was during an afternoon.
My husband also witnessed their act just last night when settling the kids to bed. It’s not hard to miss because their light is on and they’re BIG windows. My husband said he saw a lot of detail.
Not to sound prude but I’m really concerned about my children one day seeing them doing it. I have both sons and a daughter and don’t really want to expose them to sex in this way.

I’ve been told I don’t really have much right to complain because it’s within their own home but I am thinking of writing a letter to politely ask if they would be able to get some blinds or curtains installed.
If they ignore it, is there anything else I could do?
What would you do?

OP posts:
Outwiththetruth · 31/08/2025 13:23

Definitely exhibitionists. They know that people live within view of their large uncovered windows.There has been a lot of comments like 'It's their own business 'and 'dont look' well sorry I would not want my young kids Subject to this .I would actually go and say something. This woke do whatever you want and fuck everyone else attitude sure stinks.

DoRayMeMeMe · 31/08/2025 13:22

YetanotherNC25 · 31/08/2025 10:16

You could not look? Your DH has clearly watched them ‘in the distance’ to see that level of detail. Close your curtains if you don’t want to see.
They’re allowed to have sex in their house. They’re also allowed to to choose not to have curtains spoiling their floor to ceiling windows.
And don’t write to them or you’ll sound even more like a prude.

What a load of crap.

OP leave a passive aggressive note (normally completely unacceptable, but ok for this instance) saying every window they can see has people being subjected to their sex life.
Also say if you’re being coerced into displaying your sex-life that it is a crime and maybe women’s aid can help with that.

(obviously needs a rewrite but you get the message)

Sunshineandoranges · 31/08/2025 13:19

YetanotherNC25 · 31/08/2025 10:16

You could not look? Your DH has clearly watched them ‘in the distance’ to see that level of detail. Close your curtains if you don’t want to see.
They’re allowed to have sex in their house. They’re also allowed to to choose not to have curtains spoiling their floor to ceiling windows.
And don’t write to them or you’ll sound even more like a prude.

I don’t agree. When I was younger I used to dress in front of an uncurtained window at night with the light on. I didn’t realise that people could see me. With light turned off, no problem. Someone told me which was a bit embarrassing but far better than continuing undressing so people could see me. I would drop a note perhaps.

Strawberrydelight78 · 31/08/2025 13:19

Put a note through their door. They might not even realise they can be seen.

Zov · 31/08/2025 13:18

SerendipityJane · 31/08/2025 12:08

The OP said a converted loft. I'd be curious to see the physics of "passing by".

The loft window will not be on the moon you know. It's perfectly easy to see into a loft window if people are shagging right by it. 🙄(Especially if they have the lights on.) It's just a few feet above the bedroom windows.

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 31/08/2025 13:18

doremifaso · 31/08/2025 13:12

Posters who are obsessed with the distance… it’s much less than a mile away. You don’t need binoculars to see. Anyone with decent eyesight can make out what they’re doing without purposefully ‘looking out for it’.

Do you want me to include a map or sketch for further analysis?

In all seriousness, they may not realise how visible they are.

My mum likes to wander around her bedroom half clad with the curtains open, and I remember going to our neighbours' house to babysit when I was a teenager and realising that they must be getting a front row view of my mum's tits every day from their living room window.

You could leave them a note saying, "Please close your curtains, our children can see you having sex."

AtlanticStar · 31/08/2025 13:16

DenizenOfAisleOfShame · 31/08/2025 12:12

There’s a very interesting effect on these threads. The serious-minded posters seem to have the more lurid imaginations: full on Amsterdam porn show right in your face in the suburbs, that sort of thing.

We have no idea what the details of distance and likelihood of being seen are!

Make me laugh if the OP sends the police round and the couple turn out to be the local Inspector and his/her partner.

Stranger things have happened. I did briefly wonder if this couple were on Only Fans or similar and were going about their 'job' with the cameras on them, needing the curtains open to maximise the light. Well stranger things and all that ....

80smonster · 31/08/2025 13:15

Had you considered blinds for your house? I’d tell you to stop looking through my windows if that letter appeared on my doorstep, or even forward to the police: peeping toms! Are you in a newbuild by chance? They are often very clumsily squished into landscapes in my opinion.

ForestStamp · 31/08/2025 13:15

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 31/08/2025 13:08

How old are your kids? If they are maybe 5 or 6 I would walk past the neighbours' house on your way everywhere and tell your kids to point and say really loudly, "Mummy, I saw that man's willy through the window!" really loudly the next time you pass them on the street.

Honestly, the last thing I would want to do is draw the attention of someone with at the very least a probable exhibitionism kink to my specific children, or give that person the ability to picture anyone in my family as the audience next time they do it.

Reallyneedsaholiday · 31/08/2025 13:13

I'd "tell" them, not in a "I don't want me/ my husband/ children to see" but in a "giving you a quick heads up, we're you aware that neighbours CAN see you" kind of way.
My own neighbours teenage daughter used to have a shower, and then practise singing, in the nudes, in front of her mirror. I just went over to flag it up. Not because she was "wrong" for doing it, but because she was unaware that she was exposing herself in this way.

BrickBiscuit · 31/08/2025 13:12

ForestStamp · 31/08/2025 13:07

I would not write a note or contact them directly in any way - if they're exhibitionists they might get off even more on being able to picture the exact people or children who might be seeing them having sex.

I'd either make any contact anonymous (and I'd focus on how they are soon going to be reported to the police, not on asking them to think about who might be seeing them - they don't care and they might even like that), or I'd go straight for the non-urgent police enquiry.

And reviewing the links kindly provided by others, emphasising to the police that (a) they are visible to children / minors, and (b) that you are distressed by it, meets the threshold for prosecution. Not that the police would necessarily go down that road (at first), just that they would have an offence to take seriously. Intent is also necessary, eg so maybe the police would warn them in the knowledge that if an offence is likely if they repeat it.

doremifaso · 31/08/2025 13:12

Posters who are obsessed with the distance… it’s much less than a mile away. You don’t need binoculars to see. Anyone with decent eyesight can make out what they’re doing without purposefully ‘looking out for it’.

Do you want me to include a map or sketch for further analysis?

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ByQuaintAzureWasp · 31/08/2025 13:12

They need to turn the light off firstly

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 31/08/2025 13:08

How old are your kids? If they are maybe 5 or 6 I would walk past the neighbours' house on your way everywhere and tell your kids to point and say really loudly, "Mummy, I saw that man's willy through the window!" really loudly the next time you pass them on the street.

ForestStamp · 31/08/2025 13:07

I would not write a note or contact them directly in any way - if they're exhibitionists they might get off even more on being able to picture the exact people or children who might be seeing them having sex.

I'd either make any contact anonymous (and I'd focus on how they are soon going to be reported to the police, not on asking them to think about who might be seeing them - they don't care and they might even like that), or I'd go straight for the non-urgent police enquiry.

SweetcornFritter · 31/08/2025 13:05

Notmyreality · 31/08/2025 12:55

The distance involved is critical to make a proper evaluation. People (not least the police) would take a different view of events if it turn out the offending house was indeed a mile away.

Edited

Obviously it’s not a mile away.

Frenzi · 31/08/2025 13:02

I would have thought this was indecent exposure and is a criminal offence. To have sex in a big window with the lights on is not accidental! I am no prude but I wouldn't want to see it and definitely not want my young children to either. I would have a word with the police.

For all those saying that they can do what they want in their own home and the OP should look away - would you feel the same if it was a man stood naked in the window masturbating in full view of your children?

ACynicalDad · 31/08/2025 13:00

I wouldn’t want my kids to see that. I suspect if you drop them a note saying both us and the neighbours have seen you at it and my husband was in our young children’s bedroom and would really rather they didn’t see it could go both ways but the chances are very high that they would sort it out.

ViolaChomp · 31/08/2025 12:59

Moveoverdarlin · 31/08/2025 10:23

My husband said he saw a lot of detail.

*LOL! Whilst clutching his binoculars and furiously wanking.

🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

MaidOfSteel · 31/08/2025 12:57

LoveItaly · 31/08/2025 10:25

Just because they are physically in their own home doesn’t make it acceptable to show the public what they are doing, and it sounds as though they are getting a thrill out of it. Huge windows, no curtains and leaving the lights on? Honestly, why are people’s standards so low these days that they think this is ok? It’s horrible for others to see, and especially children.
I would write to them first and tell them to get some bloody curtains!

I absolutely agree. It’s not in the privacy of their own home if it’s in front of a full height window with the lights on. I’m surprised people think this is acceptable.

Notmyreality · 31/08/2025 12:55

Daygloboo · 31/08/2025 12:34

Need more info ? . What part of two bollock naked dog humpers with floodlights and no curtains dont they get

The distance involved is critical to make a proper evaluation. People (not least the police) would take a different view of events if it turn out the offending house was indeed a mile away.

BigDeepBreaths · 31/08/2025 12:52

A note advising that your birdwatch camera has picked up them having sex…but that you managed to intervene on this occasion before oblivious DC posted it to Tiktok…

allthemiddlechildrenoftheworld · 31/08/2025 12:47

@doremifaso pretty sure I have read about men being charged by police for masturbating in front of their windows in view of people! surely that law would apply in this instance too? it is classed as a sex act in public view

Daygloboo · 31/08/2025 12:34

SerendipityJane · 31/08/2025 12:26

What a lot of people are clearly finding "shocking" is the failure of some posters (raises hand 👋) to organise virtual lynch mob based on some suspiciously vague (made more so by any subsequent clarifications). Thankfully it seems groupthink isn't quite here yet.

Also a lot of posters suggesting there needs to be more information aren't necessarily condoning the behaviour.

As a previous posted noted, this is AIBU which can be a rather boisterous playground for the delicate. I'm surprised someone hasn't said fuck off yet 😀

Need more info ? . What part of two bollock naked dog humpers with floodlights and no curtains dont they get