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Do you sneak off to have sex with your partner in the middle of the day?

212 replies

SugarMitts · 16/04/2024 16:36

This is a bit of an ongoing discussion between me & DH, he says lots of his friends say they will sneak off upstairs while the kids are engrossed in play or watching a film or whatever to have sex and has tried to persuade me to do it a few times

But I just can not possibly imagine how anyone can get horny hearing kids playing in the other room, the thought alone makes me feel really weird and honestly I think it’s a bit gross!

Do you do this?! How!?! Don’t you need time to switch from Mum to horny person? Isn’t it off putting knowing the kids are up and awake and right there?
Or am I right in thinking this is just one of those things that people joke about but no one actually does?

OP posts:
tsmainsqueeze · 16/04/2024 21:38

awitchoftroubleinelectricblue · 16/04/2024 19:50

Occasionally throughout the course of our lives as parents we've snuck off to "sort the washing out" upstairs or outside to "tidy the shed" for a quick and quiet shag. We've never been caught.

This has reminded me of when i used to 'bleach' the bathroom and they had to stay downstairs until it was all clear 😄

BringMeSunshineAllDayLong · 16/04/2024 21:44

We used to have lots of "naps". DH worked nights so it was naps or never for a while!
They knew they couldn't wake us up and never did.

rubytubeytubes · 16/04/2024 21:45

Yes we have, often so tired at night and it gets too late now they are older

Branleuse · 16/04/2024 21:49

Love a daytime quickie.

burnttoad · 16/04/2024 21:54

Greywitch2 · 16/04/2024 16:49

Never. We only have adult DC now, but I can guarantee you that at the time they were younger then ONE of the buggers would have burst through the door going, 'Mum?' at some point. Or they'd have been shouting all over the house for us.

Your DH is odd. And actually, yeah - I feel a bit gross thinking that he could sustain an erection knowing his children are about. Is it the 'naughtiness' of it? Or the chance of being caught? Because that is pretty creepy, to be honest.

Oh stop it. I could easily have sex when the dc were young and we aren't creepy thanks.
Imagine if I said people with your thinking were prudish and uptight with obvious issues around sex

Bobbotgegrinch · 16/04/2024 21:56

SugarMitts · 16/04/2024 16:36

This is a bit of an ongoing discussion between me & DH, he says lots of his friends say they will sneak off upstairs while the kids are engrossed in play or watching a film or whatever to have sex and has tried to persuade me to do it a few times

But I just can not possibly imagine how anyone can get horny hearing kids playing in the other room, the thought alone makes me feel really weird and honestly I think it’s a bit gross!

Do you do this?! How!?! Don’t you need time to switch from Mum to horny person? Isn’t it off putting knowing the kids are up and awake and right there?
Or am I right in thinking this is just one of those things that people joke about but no one actually does?

Why are you separating Mum's and horny people?

You're a fully formed human being, not a half mum half partner hybrid. Surely you're perfectly capable of both being a parent and gagging for a shag at the same time?

If kids are busy and safe, why not disappear off for 20 mins?

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 16/04/2024 22:00

@Bobbotgegrinch

I don't thinking people are separating mums from horny people, more so getting that feeling whilst being around their children.

being with my children completely stamps out any chance of being 'gagging for a shag'.

hellywelly3 · 16/04/2024 22:00

Yes a few times. Just said to kids just going upstairs to check something/ fix something and don’t come up

Bobbotgegrinch · 16/04/2024 22:07

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 16/04/2024 22:00

@Bobbotgegrinch

I don't thinking people are separating mums from horny people, more so getting that feeling whilst being around their children.

being with my children completely stamps out any chance of being 'gagging for a shag'.

Eh, I don't get it, surely people are capable of feeling more than one thing at once. I can be happily playing with DD whilst also looking at DP and thinking "I can't wait to get you upstairs". There's no cross over there, any more than being bored shirtless driving down the motorway while also enjoying your favourite song. The brain is very good at multitasking.

ThatTimeIKnewFamousPeople · 16/04/2024 22:08

Yeah of course! You've never had a 'lie in' on a Saturday while the kids watch TV?? That's what Saturday lie ins are for!

You go stealth mode, that's all 😁

NortieTortie · 16/04/2024 22:31

We do sometimes. I don't think it's strange at all (obviously).

Surprised at all the people without locks on their bedroom door.

BMWM340 · 16/04/2024 22:36

All the holier than thou's on here 😂

No wonder there's so many sexless marriages threads. Jesus! How boring!

socks1107 · 16/04/2024 22:37

Yes we certainly did when they were younger.
Not so much now as I think they'd know!

applegreentea · 16/04/2024 22:37

changingchaali · 16/04/2024 16:55

My kids follow me around the house like I'm a celebrity so there would be no way I'd be able to get my end away with them there in the day time

This made me lol same here 😂

TubeScreamer · 16/04/2024 22:42

Nope

Mindovermatter247 · 16/04/2024 22:43

Same op, I can’t do it when hearing kids, my 2 are older but it still gives me the ick.. we have done it during the day on the odd occasion he has come home from work early and the kids are at school. But that’s very rarely…

Maddie212 · 16/04/2024 22:46

Why is that ‘ewww’? The kids were oblivious.

There are some really immature and weird reactions to people having sex on this thread. You don’t suddenly stop being lovers/people the second you get married and have kids….

Or maybe some of you do and that’s why so many people on here are in unhappy relationships….

Kid could be awake in the same room and be 'oblivious isz'. That posters story was absolutely ew. This topic crops up very so often and I can't help but find it a bit grim tbh, why are people sharing stories about this? Same as the 'yeah er have sex loudly, who cares of the children hear it, we're a married couple, they should hear wha a healthy relationship sounds like' people Envy

Woahthehorsey · 16/04/2024 22:49

Yes at times. If the kids are fed and engrossed in something they are far, far less likely to disturb us than at night.

skyfalldown · 16/04/2024 23:10

Seems normal and healthy to me. Families used to live in open-plan houses with 10 kids, parents, in-laws, and a few animals roaming around, privacy is an extremely modern concept!

RomeoRivers · 16/04/2024 23:16

Maddie212 · 16/04/2024 22:46

Why is that ‘ewww’? The kids were oblivious.

There are some really immature and weird reactions to people having sex on this thread. You don’t suddenly stop being lovers/people the second you get married and have kids….

Or maybe some of you do and that’s why so many people on here are in unhappy relationships….

Kid could be awake in the same room and be 'oblivious isz'. That posters story was absolutely ew. This topic crops up very so often and I can't help but find it a bit grim tbh, why are people sharing stories about this? Same as the 'yeah er have sex loudly, who cares of the children hear it, we're a married couple, they should hear wha a healthy relationship sounds like' people Envy

But the kids weren’t in the same room and it was my story.

What is so disgusting about people doing something completely normal in the privacy of their own home?? Or are we no longer allowed to have sex because we’re parents?

I shared a snippet of what my married life is like because the OP asked and because PPs were saying that parents wanting to be intimate with each other was gross and disturbing, or that anyone who says they do, must be lying.

And as it happens, I am vocal in bed, but I have a massive detached house with great sound proofing.

DorisDoesDoncaster · 16/04/2024 23:19

No. Absolutely not.

Panpastels · 16/04/2024 23:29

When the kids were younger and we had sex drives yes 🤣

Hagpie · 16/04/2024 23:32

We the baby down for a nap, suggest Minecraft for the older two and “forget” about screen time limits. I promise you they will not come looking us to remind us it’s time to come off.

WildBear · 16/04/2024 23:47

Our 7 and 3 year olds don't get much TV time, so when we do suggest something on a weekend morning, there's no way they are going to move once they have been fed and watered. Still, I keep the covers over us on the off chance the elder child comes up looking for us, but seeing as we aren't gone for hours, it hasn't happened yet.

Namechangeforname · 17/04/2024 00:11

I find that extremely gross with children around. Have some self-control 🙄