Having all our DCs at home means sex has to be completely silent..

[TantrumsAndBalloons]

Disclaimer - I know there are more important things to worry about etc etc.

Our 2 uni aged DCs are home due to the lockdown and our 16 year old is obviously here all the time which is lovely

But FFS it would be really nice to not have to be Utterly Silent whenever me and DH get the chance to have sex

I mean it’s a bloody rare thing because some one is always awake, or in the room right next door or looking for something or FaceTiming someone or shouting at someone else :)

I tried to get the 3 of them to walk the dog together just for a few minutes of the house to ourselves but no. One had to finish something for uni so couldn’t go

Anyone else finding this part of lockdown a fucking nightmare?

I have only just realised that when my mother would say 'your dad and I are going in the bedroom for some adult time alone' and they would lock the door, that is what they were doing!

@CrazyToast

We have one who's up late and sleeps late, and one who's in bed early and up early. No hope.

Also, the other night I went out at abou 4 am to look at the meteor shower. Standing on the patio below our bedroom window which was open a crack and I swear I heard the duvet rustle as DH turned over in bed. So basically I think we've been audible to the neighbourhood, never mind the children. (We're not overly loud I don't think but not silent either).

I went back to bed and informed DH that I think we've basically been having sex in public since we've lived here.

Funnily enough it's been off the agenda since.

My brother, sister and I were packed off to Sunday School after Sunday lunch, along with most of the neighbourhood kids

We just haven’t had sex in weeks for this reason.

We have a squeeky bed which gives the game away slightly...we moved onto a chair or the floor or if one of us went for a shower the other would pop upwith a coffee for mum...get creative! Dads shed was turned into anything but a shed which meant it was a no go for kids as they were in the house, So many things can be masked by taking dad/mum a coffee..its so innocent an act the kids wouldnt even register it and the fact that mum and dad were missing for a bit! Oh and mum and dads midnight picnics in the garden ,,kids thought we were bonkers star gazing but we have a very secluded garden and a huge picnic blanket,,,fabulous!!! I would suggest though you are maybe more concerned with this than they would be.They arent daft at their ages and I am sure they know mum and dad have a happy marriage and all that it entails.

I did say to my seven year old recently when he wouldn’t go to bed and kept coming downstairs to interrupt me and DP watching a film. That it was important he gave mummy and daddy time to act like adults. I just wanted him to understand for us to be happy with each other and have a good relationship he had to allow us time together sometimes.

He was a good boy and went to bed that time. It’s important to be honest with the kids that our lives cannot be constantly dominated by them.