to think trying to have a sexual relationship with teenagers

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is nigh on impossible?!?

When kids are little, I thought sex was difficult, fear of them waking wandering in etc. But actually by 8pm they are tucked up in their beds, a tornado could rip through the house and they wouldn't wake up, and god forbid they walk in on anything, daddy tickling mummy is accepted as a fantastic game, and no emotional scarring.

Teenagers - they don't go to bed/sleep until you've gone past knackered yourself, they know full well what sex is, so you want to ensure there is no noise, no nothing that will give them the impression their parents are at it in the next room.

You wait for them to go to all night parties just so you can have a sexlife!!!

We have this problem with dd who is 12. If she hears our bed squeaking she's right thru.

Dh is redundant at the moment and it's helped lots as we can have time in bed during the day instead of night. But it was easier when ds was a non sleeping baby

Teens are all sods. They are better than any contraception ever.

I still intend to carry on regardless. I don't care if dd rolls her eyes.

We just freeze and giggle like guilty teenagers everytime we hear one of them go to the bathroom , more worried in case it's the 3 year old. The others aren't likely to walk in on us.

Saturday afternoon karate training is a godsend . Ds (13) hasn't worked out yet why we encourage him so enthusiastically.

He's helping out with gradings next weekend so will be out for FOUR blissful hours .

Mornings are the best time in our house, we stopped doing at night years ago, after DS1 mentioned that he could hear 'noises' . Generally too knackered anyway.

On the odd occasion we do it at night we wait till the teenager goes out and then "accidentally" leave the key in the front door so he can't get in without ringing the doorbell. Pretty sure he's not that gullible, but it buys us enough security to relax.