Does your family fast forward sex scenes in films?

[millerjane]

If you're sat with your family and a sex scene comes on during a film do you watch it or fast forward it? If you're all adults.

I'm at my boyfriend's house watching a movie and dying of embarrassment as they don't bother ff. We're all adults but it's a bit weird, isn't it? Maybe it's just not what I'm used to with my own family.

No. That would be strange.

Yes we FF, everyone we know in our friendship circle doesn't watch these scenes either as they are actually pointless! Not interested in watching other people having sex! Waste of time, get on with the actual story please!

NO- We all made a dash for the door to 'make the tea"

No. Never. I can't believe this is a thing. When I watch a film, I watch it. All of it. And I expect people to shut up while their watching it too. Unless... by previous arrangement we allow ourselves to do an MST3K on it. That can be fun, but there doesn't tend to be much fornicating in films that we allow ourselves to riff on. More wobbly sets, crappy SFX and bad acting than fucking.

But I am selective about what I watch when with other people. DD1 is very into the films of David Lynch and watching Mulholland Drive with her (aged 15) was a wee bit uncomfortable for both of us - I had forgotten quite how graphic the sex scenes were in that.

I know someone who uses to draw bras on page 3 girls before her husband read the paper 😂

@TheSandman Ah, MST3K, haven’t watched one for ages, I used to watch it all the time, happy days

I watched an episode of Geordie shore with my mum and there was so much shagging I wish she had fastforwarded. Usually it's ok when it's part of a film but Geordie shore was filth.

@HopefullyAnonymous - did she do it as a joke or was she seriously trying to stop him seeing as that's just pathetic

She was serious. This goes back a few decades though. Strange lady, to be honest that was the least of her issues 😂

Oh my God, this is bringing back an awful memory of one year we stayed with my husband's parents we watched Dorian Gray. I'm no prude but I did pretend to be asleep and so did my Mil

No. Fast forwarding is unusual behavior.

We either watch a movie or we don’t.

We ff....ugh, sex on tv. 😂😂😂

No. I didn’t know that was even a thing

there was one time we were staying with my parents but they had to go out one evening and DH and I sorted ourselves some supper and settled on the sofa to watch a bit of tv. my parents returned home just as we were watching an episode of Queer as Folk, and just as a sex scene started. that was certainly embarrassing. but fast forwarding would have been a silly way to deal with it - you'd miss half the plot and character development. if a sex scene isn't adding to the plot and character development then you're choosing poor quality badly written viewing matter.

I wouldn’t be watching that sort of movie with parents anyway . If it’s on tv I would just change the channel

Do you get undressed and have sex in the dark too?

Sounds like you have some serious hangups OP.

I put my hand over my eyes or go to the loo. I have never understood sex as a spectator sport.

This thread has unearthed a memory from long ago,I went to stay with a friend I was 12,she was 11, and we stopped at blockbusters to rent a video (see,I told you it was long ago!)Anyway, they wanted to watch a comedy,and I saw "coming to America" which I had previously watched with my parents at home-I knew it had swearing in it,but the parents were fine with getting it (and I honestly thought ya girls would watch on our own. So we have a lovely dinner,and then everyone troops into the living room and gets comfy, in goes the video,and we get the "the royal penis is clean your highness" I honestly could have died! The movie was never talked about,and I didn't get invited back to stay-MORTIFIED!

Aww this is a great thread!! We didn’t FF but we’re definitely another jump up and make an emergency cuppa at that moment family.
Also I was once watching a film on my own but something very mundane. At the moment the only sex scene of the film began my FIL called round unexpectedly. I paused film, chatted to him then realised he seemed very uncomfortable. The way pause had happened it clearly looked like I had been watching porn alone with a great big still sex scene displayed in middle of my living room 😂

This is hilarious. I wish I could have ff a few scenes when I was younger but we all just did the dash for the kitchen / talk loudly or pretend to be asleep methods.

Looking back it's quite funny really.

I'm glad this thread/my social torture made some of you laugh

My parents did not equip me with adequate coping mechanisms for dealing with this situation. You could just feel every one dying inside.

Persnally I'm happy with the FFing approach - yes it's awkward but at least it's short lived.

(I won't be returning next time there is a movie night)

No.
I’m really amused that your family do fast forward - that’s brilliant

Being a bit prudish is obviously quite common, but what made me laugh is that you seem to think someone not FFing is strange and unusual, like, of course everyone FFs! Wait... they don't?

Funny how parents can make their kids think their idiosyncrasies are totally normal.

I remember being about 13 and going to the theatre to watch Patrick Marber’s Closer. I was sat between my mum and an elderly couple of about 80.

Huge chunks of it were excruciating but the cybersex scene made me want to die. Not sure if anyone’s seen it, or if the film was quite as bad.

I'm middle aged and yet I was absolutely MORTIFIED when I went to the cinema with my Dad to watch Parasite last week and there was a sex scene. I actually stared off into the corner of the cinema.

I went with DH and still found that scene quite uncomfortable, mainly because the screening was full of men on their own and the odd elderly lady. The discomfort was palpable 😬

This is bizarre 😂