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Noisy hotel sex. Why?

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Tiredthismorning · 18/10/2026 12:50

Why do people have such noisy sex in hotels? I have just got home from a wedding yesterday, after which I stayed in a hotel. The couple in the next room had vocal sex at 2am and again at 8am. Proper shrieks and moans and grunts and words that I could hear through the wall from both of them, for a good half an hour both times.

Have your fun by all means. But why make so much noise?? I know hotel rooms are private but hotels aren't, especially not in the middle of the night.

AIBU to think it's no less selfish (and quite a bit more unreasonable) than keeping other guests up with music or any other noise. It's not the first time I've been kept awake like this.

OP posts:
SerafinasGoose · 19/10/2026 10:10

Scandelabra · 18/10/2026 23:19

It makes zero difference if it’s a trombone or an orgasm.

Best sentence of the thread though 😀 Feel like we might have an answer to this current thread:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5590241-what-exactly-is-a-trombolees-to-you

Ye gods, it's moments like these I wish the laughing emoji was back!

Zov · 19/10/2026 10:12

Flamingojune · 19/10/2026 08:17

Why is it always the woman

I said that further back in the thread. You only ever hear the woman screaming. I think she's trying to convince the man she's with that she's having a good time....... 😆 Also, attention-seeking. Look at me, listen to me, I am SHAGGING!!!! 😂

A woman down the road from me (4-5 doors down,) howls during sex like the character Lassie from Porkies. People laugh at her. Like, good grief woman, what are you trying to prove?! 😆

Zov · 19/10/2026 10:12

TipsyWriter · 18/10/2026 15:43

You’ve clearly never had really good sex.

PMSL, so you're only having really good sex if you're screaming like a banshee on acid?!😂

Tell me you're an attention seeker who doesn't get sex very often, and wants everyone to know you're shagging, without telling me....... 😆

Skeeterinamber · 19/10/2026 10:18

Zov · 19/10/2026 10:12

PMSL, so you're only having really good sex if you're screaming like a banshee on acid?!😂

Tell me you're an attention seeker who doesn't get sex very often, and wants everyone to know you're shagging, without telling me....... 😆

This.

Jk987 · 19/10/2026 10:21

Notanotherrestructure · 18/10/2026 12:57

You should have complained at reception the first time as, at the least, you might have had a case for a room change or refund.

It’s not the hotel’s fault! What are they meant to do to prevent it? 😂

DebbieSavage · 19/10/2026 10:27

Why are British people such prudes about sex? Our great ape ancestors would just get it on anywhere they want, it didn't matter who was watching. Also monogamy wasn't a thing either. If you fancied a bit of copulation with your monkey friend then you could just get it on, no strings attached and no other monkey in the tribe would tell you that you're being immoral. Life was so simple back then, without stupid rules invented by stupid people. We all need to learn to loosen up, sex is great! Let's make prudishness illegal folks!

TempestTost · 19/10/2026 10:28

Because they are entitled twats who think their orgasm is more important than other people's need to sleep, no matter who happens to have the room next to them.

katzrooldogzdrool · 19/10/2026 10:29

DebbieSavage · 19/10/2026 10:27

Why are British people such prudes about sex? Our great ape ancestors would just get it on anywhere they want, it didn't matter who was watching. Also monogamy wasn't a thing either. If you fancied a bit of copulation with your monkey friend then you could just get it on, no strings attached and no other monkey in the tribe would tell you that you're being immoral. Life was so simple back then, without stupid rules invented by stupid people. We all need to learn to loosen up, sex is great! Let's make prudishness illegal folks!

We have evolved a bit since those days. Well, some of us have.

SerafinasGoose · 19/10/2026 10:30

Zov · 19/10/2026 10:12

I said that further back in the thread. You only ever hear the woman screaming. I think she's trying to convince the man she's with that she's having a good time....... 😆 Also, attention-seeking. Look at me, listen to me, I am SHAGGING!!!! 😂

A woman down the road from me (4-5 doors down,) howls during sex like the character Lassie from Porkies. People laugh at her. Like, good grief woman, what are you trying to prove?! 😆

What we overheard in a neighbouring cruise ship room was very much the man. We laughed at the time because it sounded as though all his Christmases had come at once. DH raised his eyebrow and said the poor man probably hadn't had sex in a very long time!

I'm on the fence on this one. I'm with those who think that within reason adults can do as they like in the privacy of their own rooms, and that the 'no sex please we're British' attitude is a bit quaint. Anyone can let out the odd involuntary moan or cry. I'd just laugh - and might even have been guilty of this myself in the past albeit I really don't want to be overheard.

That said, keeping the whole corridor awake for hours with a marathon to rival 'Debbie Does Dallas' is something else. That's just anti-social. And I'm generally intolerant of people who emit protracted loud noise in any circumstances. Whenever I've forgotten my earplus, for a variety of reasons I've lived to regret it.

Zov · 19/10/2026 10:31

What a ridiculous post @@DebbieSavage British are prudes if we don't shout and scream when we're shagging so the whole town can hear us?! LOL! Get real. It's so attention-seeking and desperate! 'Oooooh, listen to MEEEEE I am getting a shag!' Sounds like something a 19 year old virgin would do! 😆

Get a grip.

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Zov · 19/10/2026 10:34

katzrooldogzdrool · 19/10/2026 10:29

We have evolved a bit since those days. Well, some of us have.

Exactly. Some of us aren't desperate to let everyone know that we're having sex. Some of us aren't attention seeking and needy, with a deep desire to let everyone know we're getting a shag!

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DebbieSavage · 19/10/2026 10:36

Zov · 19/10/2026 10:31

What a ridiculous post @@DebbieSavage British are prudes if we don't shout and scream when we're shagging so the whole town can hear us?! LOL! Get real. It's so attention-seeking and desperate! 'Oooooh, listen to MEEEEE I am getting a shag!' Sounds like something a 19 year old virgin would do! 😆

Get a grip.

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Edited

But why is that specifically a problem? Does it actually hurt anybody if they happen to hear your exultation of ecstasy? It's like I said regarding our great ape ancestors, they never seemed to care about it. So somewhere along the line some priest or conservative politician decided that it was wrong to make sex noises and now people are ashamed to be heard. It's the same with clothes, who decided that we needed to wear this fabric to cover up our bits and bobs? These rules are just silly and we as evolved apes aren't meant to live like this. We need to get back to how it used to be and shrug off this thing called 'morality' which basically just exists to stop people feeling good about themselves and having fun.

PollyBell · 19/10/2026 10:36

DebbieSavage · 19/10/2026 10:27

Why are British people such prudes about sex? Our great ape ancestors would just get it on anywhere they want, it didn't matter who was watching. Also monogamy wasn't a thing either. If you fancied a bit of copulation with your monkey friend then you could just get it on, no strings attached and no other monkey in the tribe would tell you that you're being immoral. Life was so simple back then, without stupid rules invented by stupid people. We all need to learn to loosen up, sex is great! Let's make prudishness illegal folks!

So youwould be ok if sex happened outside a school, in a resturant, in a shopping centre, in the tpilet paper in Asda?

We need to hear people have sex so we are not prudes?

Missj25 · 19/10/2026 10:37

Ottercave · 18/10/2026 13:34

We stay in a lot of hotels and are quiet during sex. The beds, on the other hand, can make that much noise that the whole hotel could probably tell what we were doing. ☺️

Why do you think there’s always a chair in the room & dressing table for guests 😂

Skeeterinamber · 19/10/2026 10:39

DebbieSavage · 19/10/2026 10:27

Why are British people such prudes about sex? Our great ape ancestors would just get it on anywhere they want, it didn't matter who was watching. Also monogamy wasn't a thing either. If you fancied a bit of copulation with your monkey friend then you could just get it on, no strings attached and no other monkey in the tribe would tell you that you're being immoral. Life was so simple back then, without stupid rules invented by stupid people. We all need to learn to loosen up, sex is great! Let's make prudishness illegal folks!

My sex life is faaaaar from prudish. I can still have kinky sex without inflicting it on other people’s eardrums.

If you think noise levels define good sex, I’d argue you’ve probably watched one too many pornos.

DebbieSavage · 19/10/2026 10:40

PollyBell · 19/10/2026 10:36

So youwould be ok if sex happened outside a school, in a resturant, in a shopping centre, in the tpilet paper in Asda?

We need to hear people have sex so we are not prudes?

Edited

Well they aren't hurting anybody so I don't have any issue with it particularly besides maybe any hygiene issues.

PollyBell · 19/10/2026 10:42

DebbieSavage · 19/10/2026 10:40

Well they aren't hurting anybody so I don't have any issue with it particularly besides maybe any hygiene issues.

You are fine with children seeing in person what could be in porn? This is all ok with you?

Becuriousnotjudgemental1980 · 19/10/2026 10:43

My neighbours have noisy sex with the windows wide open. Most off putting when I’m hanging the washing out 😂😂😂 I think people are entitled to get carried away in a hotel.

Zov · 19/10/2026 10:43

Why do you keep going on about apes @DebbieSavage ???? We're not apes. We're not animals. We are human. I find your posts very odd.

Zov · 19/10/2026 10:44

PollyBell · 19/10/2026 10:36

So youwould be ok if sex happened outside a school, in a resturant, in a shopping centre, in the tpilet paper in Asda?

We need to hear people have sex so we are not prudes?

Edited

Exactly. Utterly ludicrous posts from that poster! 🙄

DebbieSavage · 19/10/2026 10:47

Zov · 19/10/2026 10:43

Why do you keep going on about apes @DebbieSavage ???? We're not apes. We're not animals. We are human. I find your posts very odd.

Yes we are hominids which are basically evolved apes. We aren't special. These rules we make up just to separate ourselves from the other animals in the kingdom are meaningless, we have invented this thing called society with all these 'traditions' and 'laws' but ultimately we are just still part of the animal kingdom. We aren't supposed to feel shame over our bodies, or recoil at the sound of pleasure. That's not what we are about. It's all lies meant to control us. Do you understand?

MrsShawnHatosy · 19/10/2026 10:48

Zov · 19/10/2026 10:43

Why do you keep going on about apes @DebbieSavage ???? We're not apes. We're not animals. We are human. I find your posts very odd.

We are animals. I don’t agree with DebbieSavage though.

TotaleclipseinFrance · 19/10/2026 10:58

The thing is that you don't know what situation the person next door is in.

My (divorced from my mother) father had just died, I was sharing hotel room bed with my grandmother (OK we were both adults and obviously knew about sex) but listening to them banging away for hours in the room next door was just the (shit) icing on the crap cake.

Not great.

Maybe if they weren't so bloody loud we'd eventually have had some sleep as opposed to zero.

Though remembering my grandmother emitting a loud sigh after hours of this and saying you'd think he'd have finished by now was in retrospect quite funny.

HowNowBrownCow33 · 19/10/2026 11:04

TheRealSmurfette · 18/10/2026 14:49

I just don’t think they’re thinking about you op. Get some ear plugs? Put the radio on? Wake up your DH and have sex too?

Edited

People that are having screaming sex definitely are thinking about the couples next door.

I stayed in a hotel recently and the couple next door started having really loud sex. Think like porn style screaming and jack hammering. Then the couple on the other side started up. Then the couple in the room 2 doors away started up. All loud screaming, it was definitely a "Im having sex better than you" competition

But having had sex with plenty a man, I know for certain that jackhammering for 30 minutes does not feel that good, and if it did we wouldnt be going at it for 30 minutes. Theres no better marker of shite sex than performative screaming

Zov · 19/10/2026 11:07

Theres no better marker of shite sex than performative screaming

100% agree @HowNowBrownCow33

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