A few months ago my 25 year old daughter asked if her boyfriend could stay over. Since then he basically lives here. All is good as he is a lovely young man, apart from one thing. The problem is their bedroom is just above where I sit in the living room and as we don't have carpet upstairs only bare boards, I can hear every squeak of their bed. So when they have sex which can be at any time of day or night, we can all hear it if we are downstairs at the time. Up until now I've just blocked it out but now my two sons are home from Uni and I am dreading being sat with my boys and then the noise starts up again as I for one would feel embarrassed and I don't want my sons to feel awkward either. I just don't know how to handle this without coming across as a prude and killjoy but in an ideal world I'd want them to be mindful of others and do it when people have gone to bed or aren't around. Am I being unreasonable? How do others handle this sort of thing.
AIBU?
to not want to listen to my daughter and her boyfriend's bed squeaking
FragrantFlower · 26/03/2024 12:52
Linearforeignbody · 26/03/2024 13:09
A round of applause and some cheering when it stops might be a good deterrent. 😉
FragrantFlower · 26/03/2024 13:39
Thanks for all your suggestions.
KnackeredBack - yes the whole rent thing needs its own thread!
😂But to the problem at hand, I just bit the bullet and sent her a text about it as we'd both find it embarrassing to bring it up in conversation without the text as a sort of softener. Part of me feels really bad being a killjoy but she probably doesn't have a clue so its kinder to let her know. It has been really awkward at times when I've had visitors... like some sort of bad sitcom where we all try to talk a bit louder!
This must be quite a common thing with more adult children living at home and I just wonder how other people handle it? Or perhaps I'm overthinking and a bit uptight about these things 😂
ThePoetsWife · 26/03/2024 13:58
Ffs - just tell her that the bed makes a noise.
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