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sex etiquette 2 (different op)

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witchofzog · 03/12/2016 19:33

Following on from the sex etiquette thread aibu to ask how many people feel like this. I was in a conversation with 3 friends this week. 2 don't have kids yet but planning to ttc soon, the other is a single mum to a 10 year old dd.

They all unanimously agreed that it is wrong to have sex when a dc is in the house. Even if that dc is a baby or fast asleep. One of the pre dc women said she would never consider it and that is what grandparent babysitting duty is for. The other said she would wait forever than taint the house while a dc was asleep. The single mum said she and her ex dh never did it when their dd was there though their dd tended to go to her parents most weekends

I was left feeling like a pervert because if the dc are asleep in another room I don't get why not. Wtf. Surely there can't be many people who feel like them?

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witchofzog · 03/12/2016 19:54

One friend says she is not bothered about sex, doesn't agree with vibrators etc. The other does it twice a month. My 2 - 3 times a week is rampant apparently Hmm

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Crunchymum · 03/12/2016 19:54

It's what Paw Patrol and Hula Hoops are invented for (or is that just us?? Shock)

Sybys · 03/12/2016 19:56

Your friends seem to have a very unhealthy attitude towards sex.

QODRestYeMerryGentlemen · 03/12/2016 19:58

It gets impossible to do it with kids in the house nice they're 10+ and have had the talk at school 🙄
Enjoy it whilst they're oblivious

cheweduprope · 03/12/2016 19:59

No. Your friends are weird. Or they're lying because they think that's what you're SUPPOSED to say. I know lots of parents and I don't think I know a single one who doesn't have sex while their kids are asleep in the house.

Ohdearducks · 03/12/2016 19:59

Sorry but that did make me laugh! What twats 😂😂😂😂

ZippyNeedsFeeding · 03/12/2016 19:59

I must show MrZippy this thread. It's the perfect answer to his complaint that we haven't had much sex recently! If we behaved like this, we'd have three fewer children and probably a divorce.

enchantmentandlove · 03/12/2016 20:00

I'm really surprised by that, I had no idea that people did that.

They would be horrified by me then - we do not just when dd is in the house, but asleep in the same room as us!

If Dh and I went by that logic, in the 5 1/2 months since dd was born it would have never happened.

voddiekeepsmesane · 03/12/2016 20:03

OK lets look at this ...2 of the 3 are YET to have children (oh all the things I said pre child Blush ) and the third is talking abut her sex life with her EX so perhaps not a great example of working relationship there Hmm they are wrong IMO

JennyPocket · 03/12/2016 20:06

It's freaky to find 3 friends who all feel unanimously the same about this (when you don't, as the odd one out?!) is it a cultural concept maybe?

I've never even heard of the notion of it being wrong to have sex when DC are in the house.

blackcherries · 03/12/2016 20:07

Did they say "house" but really mean "room"? Otherwise I don't get it

Masketti · 03/12/2016 20:07

I went on a sleep course recently and the lecturer mentioned how common this attitude was, especially when you want to co sleep or baby is still in your room. She said "I'm not telling you how often or how to have sex, just that there are other places to have it than the bedroom"

I thought it was a good point well made. Except if you've got roaming teenagers! Grin

ToastyFingers · 03/12/2016 20:07

How bizzare!
I think your childless friends will reconsider once the have kids of there own.

If we never had sex with dd in the house it would have been 3 years! And there'd be no dd2! What an unhealthy attitude to have.

DailyMailSucksAss · 03/12/2016 20:09

I agree that in this case excuses are definitely being made for not having sex, or maybe one friend started it and the others were to embarrassed not to agree.

MyWitlessPal · 03/12/2016 20:10

Doesn't agree with vibrators?

On what? Brexit?

Sparrowlegs248 · 03/12/2016 20:14

enchantment glad it's not just me!

DailyCRAPMail · 03/12/2016 20:15

I suspect your friends are winding you up.

I'm baffled about why people talk about shite like this with their friends. I have zero interest in what other people get up in the private lives.

user1471461436 · 03/12/2016 20:16

I would be more embarrassed to make the call to my parents as to why we needed a babysitter!

spicyfajitas · 03/12/2016 20:18

They sound odd. We wouldn't have dc2 and 3 by their logic.

Niggit · 03/12/2016 20:21

Good grief, what?! We always waited until they were asleep, and we put a tiny bolt on the inside of our bedroom door - it wouldn't have stopped a determined moth, but it would have given us enough warning in the case of nocturnal wanderings to assume some semblance of decency - but wait until they weren't in the house? I think I might have spontaneously combusted, and DH definitely would...

HateSummer · 03/12/2016 20:21

They're bluffing. I bet one said it and then the other two agreed like sheep. There is no way people actually think like this.

InfiniteSheldon · 03/12/2016 20:22

We were careful with young dc waiting til they were asleep or in front of a film, older dc were taught to knock and wait if the door was shut. Sex is a normal healthy part of a relationship avoiding it when dc are in the house is quite frankly bizarre. Interesting that those three friends consist if two childless and one divorced try asking your happily married friends with dc I bet they give a different answer

MyWineTime · 03/12/2016 20:23

Sounds more like an excuse made by some people who don't like sex.

DailyMailSucksAss · 03/12/2016 20:27

Mywine - or maybe their dp's don't like having sex with them as they're clearly bonkers!

iwasbornaunicorn · 03/12/2016 20:27

Your friends would be horrified by us.
Co-slept with all the children & had sex in the same bed when they were babies and asleep obviously not swinging from the chandelier but needs must.
How do they think most of the rest of the world who live in one room & all sleep together manage?