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To think that real life sex isn’t like TV?

211 replies

Namechanged1800 · 01/03/2026 10:47

After re-watching Bridgerton, am I wrong I thinking people aren’t having this kind of earth-shattering sexy time (I’m looking at you Duke of Hastings…) in real life?! Or have I just been missing out…

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LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 18:13

Doseofreality · 01/03/2026 18:08

Clearly not peri menopause as al km that friction, plus vaginal dryness would set her on fire! 😂

🤣🤣

We can manage about 10 minutes - any more than that and it starts getting very uncomfortable for me!

Doseofreality · 01/03/2026 18:08

LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 18:01

An HOUR of penetration?

And you don’t get sore? Or bored?

Blimey!

Clearly not peri menopause as al km that friction, plus vaginal dryness would set her on fire! 😂

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 18:07

SuzyFandango · 01/03/2026 18:04

An hour of penetration isnt really exciting to me, i think when its all a bit passionate & you are both very up for it, to be honest it doesn't last long does it but so?

I dunno, my husband is very good at delaying while making sure I'm satisfied multiple times, I don't think it's a case of him not being up for it enough as if we're aware we're short of time we can 0-100 in 5 mins or so

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 18:05

LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 18:01

An HOUR of penetration?

And you don’t get sore? Or bored?

Blimey!

I do get a bit sort of sore or achey if I orgasm too many times.

Doseofreality · 01/03/2026 18:05

No one is shagging like they they do on Bridgerton otherwise producers of cystitis relief would all be billionaires.

SuzyFandango · 01/03/2026 18:04

An hour of penetration isnt really exciting to me, i think when its all a bit passionate & you are both very up for it, to be honest it doesn't last long does it but so?

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 18:04

LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 18:00

Not too far….. but sperm starts back tracking immediately! 🤣

Maybe DH just produces copious amounts of it.

Or maybe I need to learn the skill of temporarily clamping my vagina shut….. it would certainly reduce the amount of washing I do 🤣

If you deposit it very deeply, clamp as they remove themselves and then shimmy it stays in. This is a weird conversation

SuzyFandango · 01/03/2026 18:03

I think its sort of a very exaggerated version of what it can occasionally be like in the very early stages of a relationship when you are about 25.... but with an added dose of sneaking around/hiding etc that makes it all a bit furtive and exciting.

I remember being that age and (now) DH and i having sex on the kitchen counter against the wall, I suppose it was a bit bridgertony in the sense of pushing stuff out of the way and cracking on 😂. But less furtive in that we lived together & had done for 2 years.

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 18:01

LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 18:01

An HOUR of penetration?

And you don’t get sore? Or bored?

Blimey!

It's definitely not a situation where either of us get bored.

LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 18:01

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 17:52

I dunno. We've always spent an hour or 2, foreplay, cuddling etc, usually no more than an hour actual penetration I suppose. We get all caught up in enjoying the sensations and things and then we try to delay the ending because we're enjoying it then we collapse exhausted at the end.

As I say we've learnt to be more efficient since having kids but it was our wedding anniversary this week and we dropped kids at school then almost missed our lunch reservation

An HOUR of penetration?

And you don’t get sore? Or bored?

Blimey!

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 18:01

HermioneWeasley · 01/03/2026 17:55

An hour of penetration 😱. Do you not chafe?

an hour? A whole hour? And that’s enjoyable?

my mind is blown.

It's not an hour of constant plugging away. It's slow and varied and involves position changes etc. I get this a lot when I talk about the sex we have. I dunno. It's what we've always done and I've only had 1 other serious partner and we were similar. We get sort of caught up in it and time kind of disappears

LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 18:00

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 17:53

I just grip tightly until I get there, how far are you from your bathroom?

Not too far….. but sperm starts back tracking immediately! 🤣

Maybe DH just produces copious amounts of it.

Or maybe I need to learn the skill of temporarily clamping my vagina shut….. it would certainly reduce the amount of washing I do 🤣

Zov · 01/03/2026 17:56

YANBU. On TV and in films they often get it over with in less than a minute! No foreplay or anything. The 'sex scene' between April and Frank in the film Revolutionary Road where April fell pregnant again, lasted about 30 seconds. He just shoved her up against a door and wallop wallop wallop and then it was over.

Real life sex is much better IMO. Grin

HermioneWeasley · 01/03/2026 17:55

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 17:52

I dunno. We've always spent an hour or 2, foreplay, cuddling etc, usually no more than an hour actual penetration I suppose. We get all caught up in enjoying the sensations and things and then we try to delay the ending because we're enjoying it then we collapse exhausted at the end.

As I say we've learnt to be more efficient since having kids but it was our wedding anniversary this week and we dropped kids at school then almost missed our lunch reservation

An hour of penetration 😱. Do you not chafe?

an hour? A whole hour? And that’s enjoyable?

my mind is blown.

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 17:53

LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 17:49

I took it to mean the part after sex where the woman shoves something between her thighs (like a towel, a pillow case, her t-shirt etc) to plug herself up whilst she waddles off to the bathroom to stop any sperm from dripping out onto the floor until she gets there 🤣🤣

I just grip tightly until I get there, how far are you from your bathroom?

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 17:52

LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 17:45

Nobody in Bridgerton is having sex sessions that last 1-2 hours.

The idea of having a sex session that lasts for up to two hours blows my mind. I think I’d get bored. Admittedly I’m not the type of person who enjoys drawing things out though.

Anytime I sit down for a REALLY delicious meal I always tell myself not to rush it, and to just eat slowly and enjoy every mouthful and savour it etc etc, but I find it impossible and I just wolf it down!

I dunno. We've always spent an hour or 2, foreplay, cuddling etc, usually no more than an hour actual penetration I suppose. We get all caught up in enjoying the sensations and things and then we try to delay the ending because we're enjoying it then we collapse exhausted at the end.

As I say we've learnt to be more efficient since having kids but it was our wedding anniversary this week and we dropped kids at school then almost missed our lunch reservation

GameOfJones · 01/03/2026 17:50

DeathBanana · 01/03/2026 14:48

I’ve always found that a good sense of humour and keen sense for the ridiculous contributes greatly towards enjoying amazing sex.

This is very true. DH and I were trying some new positions the other week and I actually fell off him and landed fully on my back with my legs in the air like a dead fly. 🙈 We couldn't speak for laughing and then carried on.

I think being able to laugh about these things together and not take yourself too seriously is crucial.

LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 17:49

SpigTheFish · 01/03/2026 17:44

I haven't got a clue what a 'post sex cup and waddle' is - am I missing out?

I have had some earth-shattering sex when I was young though, with some extremely talented and handsome men, so dont feel I've missed out when watching things like Bridgerton. They have better lighting and back-drops perhaps. 😄

I took it to mean the part after sex where the woman shoves something between her thighs (like a towel, a pillow case, her t-shirt etc) to plug herself up whilst she waddles off to the bathroom to stop any sperm from dripping out onto the floor until she gets there 🤣🤣

BauhausOfEliott · 01/03/2026 17:47

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 17:34

Weird isn't it?

I DO like long, slow sessions, preferably in the morning and I have a very attentive husband who will put in an inhuman effort to get me excited. We regularly have sex for over an hour, or we did pre kids. Now we try to fit in sessions like this but have found this led to long droughts as we just lacked time with 2 small kids so we've learnt to have more efficient quickies in between. Keeps us connected, more manageable and occasionally it's literally a 10 minute quickie when we wake before the kids but know the alarms going off soon. The quickies have actually been really relationship saving because we were down to about once a week or once a fortnight for ages and both wanted it more. Now we have the very good sex about that often and a couple of quickies in between. We've been together 19 years. We've had plenty of bridgerton worthy sex in that time.

Good sex for me doesn’t have to be a ‘long slow session’ at all. Some of the best sex I’ve had in my life was the absolute opposite of that.

LondonLady1980 · 01/03/2026 17:45

Barnbrack · 01/03/2026 17:36

I agree, like not daily, there isn't the time but semi regularly having really involved sex that's an hour or 2 long and when we were in our 20s it was several times a week and fairly mind-blowing. Are people just having rubbish sex?

Nobody in Bridgerton is having sex sessions that last 1-2 hours.

The idea of having a sex session that lasts for up to two hours blows my mind. I think I’d get bored. Admittedly I’m not the type of person who enjoys drawing things out though.

Anytime I sit down for a REALLY delicious meal I always tell myself not to rush it, and to just eat slowly and enjoy every mouthful and savour it etc etc, but I find it impossible and I just wolf it down!

BirdIsTheW · 01/03/2026 17:45

I still think that might be what they did.

SpigTheFish · 01/03/2026 17:44

I haven't got a clue what a 'post sex cup and waddle' is - am I missing out?

I have had some earth-shattering sex when I was young though, with some extremely talented and handsome men, so dont feel I've missed out when watching things like Bridgerton. They have better lighting and back-drops perhaps. 😄

Whatifitallgoesright · 01/03/2026 17:43

T'was ever thus.

lizziebuck · 01/03/2026 17:42

MrsMoastyToasty · 01/03/2026 11:30

There's much less farting; "oh my bad hip!"; "ouch, you've trapped my hair"; or kids running in saying "mummy, I feel sick"- for starters.

Or the most common one in our household ‘you’re laying on my tit’

the peril of being exceptionally well endowed.

QuickBrown · 01/03/2026 17:41

I've not seen Brigerton. But, I've never even known people in real life even have breakfast like people on the telly, and good sex is way more aspirational than good breakfast.
The people having all the good sex are probably too busy to be watching telly anyway.