To wonder how you manage to have sex on a family holiday?

[NorthernGravy]

I know this sounds a bit weird, but I am looking at booking a holiday, which will involve 7yo DS sleeping on the sofa bed in our room. When we've gone away previously we've done Eurocamp, so he's been in his own room in a chalet.

I was looking at holidays and suddenly thought "oh crap, where do we have sex?". I couldn't have sex while he was sleeping in the room, doing it in the bathroom while he is asleep sounds uncomfortable.

I looked at apartments and then realised that I would end up doing all the cooking and it wouldn't be a holiday for me. I am done with self catering.

Am I being weird thinking about it?

You're right there @Ringdonna

To those prudish people who don’t understand why others want quality sex on holiday, and even resort to name calling because others want a healthy sex life: you’re not doing it right!

One night DH and I were enjoying a rare moment of passion. We're not noisy shaggers because of the kids but this one night we heard a voice from dd(9) bedroom say 'CAN YOU TWO KEEP THE NOISE DOWN PLEASE I'M TRYING TO SLEEP'

Poor girl I'll have to pay for her therapy later.

Please don't have sex on a balcony, no one else needs to see your bottoms going at it.

Hello, I am the OP and I am back! Don't worry, I wasn't being an animal and having rampant sex, rather eating fish fingers and chips and putting the aforementioned son to bed.

I know it is dreadful to believe that a woman of 40 likes to have sex, still finds her husband attractive after nearly 20 years and likes to relax with a good shag on holiday. Bloody animals!

As for holidays being only about the kids, that's ridiculous. I work full time, doing another course at uni too, DH works long hours. We want a holiday too! And more often than not we are too knackered for sex after a long day at work.

NorthernGravy: Welcome back OP, you little animal you! Wishing you a lovely hard earned holiday and wonderful passionate sex. Enjoy! Now only you can make this happen, do not compromise!

I bloody love holiday sex! God knows what that makes me.

I'm going to disagree with PP and say - Definitely have sex on the balcony.

Some people had better not see the chimps at the zoo, on holiday, then!!! Animals.

Why do you have to have sex? I can't believe that is the most pressing thing on your mind when organising your holiday. Yes sex is great but if you don't want to do it with your child in the room then don't. Just wait til you go home.

@zeeboo As I said before, we work long hours and sex goes on the back burner the other 51 weeks of the year. Do you not enjoy the emotional connection and fun of having sex with your SO?

If we have a room next to balcony shaggers again I'll chuck water over them. I repeat, please don't do this. It's horrible for the people in the next room.

Hell no to the kid in the room!

Self catering and you still eat out? Can't remember if you said this wasn't an option.

Sex in the shower doesn't work if there's a big height difference .

And I have the bloody bloodhound gang song stuck in my head 'you and me,baby, are nothing but mammals so let's do it like they do it on the discovery channerl'

This thread is fucking hilarious!

“Oversexed baboons”

OP every family holiday I’ve been on, the kids sleep on sofa beds in the living area and we had a separate bedroom. Makes acting like baboons a lot easier. Although I much prefer the midday kids club time...2 hours to have sex and a little nap afterwards.

Do you have to have sex on holiday? Can't you wait til you get back!!

Why do you have to have sex?

Well, why does she have to go on holiday for that matter? Clearly doing anything that brings mental well-being and happiness is a frivolous waste of time...OP, please stay at home and glare at your spouse from a safe distance lest you succumb to other animal urges and find yourself shitting in the front garden and eating leaves off neighbours' trees.

@Fairylea That made me laugh a lot I am sorry though, that must have been awful!

@chaoscategorised LOL

Get a grip . Nothing bad happens. So you go without ? Hmm...

We have had 4 weeks in our campervan before with two kids. I can't say it bothered us that much as we were always pretty knackered by the end of the day and it was very hot too.
We had lots of lovely cuddles and bonded in other ways and it was brilliant when we git home and could actually shag when we wanted to. It was like a new relationship all over again after 12 years together.

@chaoscategorised

I would be very disappointed with a holiday without sex. I am definitely an animal.
When we have shared with our DC we wait til they are fast asleep. When they are a bit older and it becomes difficult then that's a sure sign they need their own room. I don't mind self catering as long as we go out for quite a proportion of the meals.

married 32 years and the thought of sex on holiday ruins the concept of holiday for me
I'd book bloody seperate rooms if i could get away with it!

31 years married and now holidays (and lots of other days) are full of sex. May be little consolation to those with young DC, I remember those days clearly, but you will hopefully, have years ahead of noisy, uninhibited sex when the teenage years arrive and the DC are never home.

Quietly