DD (9) walked in on us engaged in noisy enthusiastic duvet-free sex last night

[OrmIrian]

Walked in, turned on her heel and walked out. We lay like statues, totally mortified. DH said I should go and speak to her. I did, cringing like mad. DD was clearly embarrassed but OK. DH went downstairs to make some tea. DD called out to me that she felt ill - I went to see her, tucked her in, stroked her forehead, said goodnight, went back to bed.

She seemed find next day but studiously avoided the subject - she even explained why she got up (to find the kitten apparently) and talked about when she felt ill. But not the 'elephant in the room' so to speak.

Either she is remarkably cool (I'd have died at her age!) or she's pretending. How can I tell is she's OK?

It was bloosy 11.30 at night. We should have been safe surely.

[avaTsar]

Well we put ourselves in the firing line for this I suppose but we thought we were being quiet on holiday in our (pretty big) trailer tent.

We and dc each have separate zipped up bedroom areas.

Dc were all asleep and we were being quiet.

Suddenly out of the gloom from their little bedroom area ds said 'Is somebody pumping up the tyres?'

[girlandboy]

avaTsar - you have just made me spray the laptop with tea! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

[Itsthawooluff]

Oh this sooooo has the makings of a mumsnet classic..... ROFL

[Turniphead1]

lol avatsar. Is that the new euphemism in your house. "Darling, would you like to pump up the tyres this evening?". Fantastic.

[mehgalegs]

I caught my mum and dad at it on the sofa when I was 7 or 8.

It was never mentioned, I would have been mortified.

I am not scarred.

Has yet to happen here and our bed squeaks a gooden.

(Trying to picture Enid and DH - but not in a pervy way - crab? What like the yoga position - you sure is bendy)

[OrmIrian]

Pump up the tyres DH has a very impressive bicycle pump.


He bought it yesterday with his new bike.

[claireyBANG]

ROFL at pumping up the tyres

I walked in on my parents when I was about the same age as your dd, I realised what they were doing but pretended I hadn't noticed and said what I had gone in to say and left. We never mentionned it and I'm glad they didn't try to discuss it with me, am more of a burying head in sand type!

[avaTsar]

It got worse because then all three of them started having a big chat about who it could be and why they might be doing it.

Dh and I were in stitches.

[Beachcomber]

DD1 who is five walked in on us the other morning. We were doing it discreet under the duvet style though.

She chatted for a bit (I could feel DH shrinking) and then said "Are you and daddy making love mummy?".

I was but after a bit of digging realised that she thinks having a cuddle is making love a la Cinderella and the Prince on her DVD.

Her little sister who is 2.5 is an uninhibited and enthusiastic masturbator. When she does it DD1 says that DD2 is "doing sport" (she does get hot and sweaty).

[myredcardigan]

This thread has made me laugh.

A friend of mines DD who was 5 at the time caught her Daddy, ahem, enjoying himself in the shower. She walked into the kitchen and my friend asked if she'd sen her Daddy. She answered, casual as you like, Yes, he's in the shower pulling at his willy!

Her DD never mentioned it again and in no way seemed disturbed by it. However, she's now 12 and my mate is still taking the piss out of her DH over it.

Moral is I think, you are probably most stressed by it than her.

[myredcardigan]

Lol at BC feeling her DH shrinking!

[ObamasPinkPussyCat]

Twoluvlykids - Round here that is known as a "Table-Ender"

Pmsl at some of the tales on this thread esp "pumping up the tyres"

[sparklestickchick]

We have been caught at it too

ages ago(pre dc) our lodger was away for the weekend we were 'at it' with me in a basque and stockings etc when he walked in to pay his rent [shame]dh hid in the kitchen larder leaving me to collect his rent in my undies!!!

earlier this year ds1 caught us t it he walked in the house hving forgot his bus pass never said anything just got it and said bye!!

several weeks later dh was being silly and slapped my butt as i checked the oven grrrrrrr and ds1 said im scarred for life already you know - normal mums and dads are getting divorces not makin out ......

[filthymindedvixen]

I am reading this thread at work and having proper difficulties keeping a lid on a) the soup I am eating - it keeps wanting to escape down my nose...
b) not laughing out loud and therefore have to explain what I am laughing at.

To add my own tale of such happenings...

Occasionally if we fear the children are still awake etc, we pile a load of stuff against the door and if someone tries to get in through the door we yell (slightly manically!) ''we're just having a BIG tidy up, there's stuff all over, go away we'll let you know when you can get in''.

Last time we did this, ds2 commented, some hours later.''Hmm, Not especially tidy in here, is it after all that work? And you've left your clothes all over the floor....''

He is 10.
I think he knows !

[Beachcomber]

When DH and I were young and reckless we got walked in on by a ticket inspector on a train. (Was an old French train with compartments BTW).

I was sitting on DH and thankfully had quite a full skirt on.

i just sat there and handed our tickets over- didn't know what else to do. Dismounting would have only have made things worse methinks.

[LaundryFairy]

A friend of mine told me a cringe-worthy story from when he was a teenager. He once put a tape in in the video player and found a couple of seconds at the beginning that hadn't been taped over - it was his parents going at it in their bedroom in front of a mirror. He survived and turned out just fine!

[OrmIrian]

filthy - someone once suggested leaving a pillow or two against the door. The intention being that it will hold the DC up long enough for us to stop and get back to normal. We've never had to use this strategy up till now but TBH I can't see it working. DS#2 would see such a barrier in his way as an irresistible challenge!

[OrmIrian]

Friends of ours were once 'discovered' in flagrante in a wood next to a French camp site. Man with dog walked past. They froze. He merely nodded and said bon soir.

[TheMuppetMuggle]

this is making me laugh.

My DD has walked in on DP and I early in the morning, saw we were 'having a cuddle' and went to play in her room LOL.

I walked in when i was about your DD age and walked straight back out again. When i lived at home, heard my parents at it, we agreed they should keep the noise down and my partner and I should keep our noise down

[foxytocin]

at about 9, a mate of mine and his entire class walked past a couple en flagrante delicto along the banks of the River Wear, at the base of Durham Cathedral. [great setting for a shag]

his teacher shouted at them 'look away boys, look away!'

[mumonthenet]

oh god,

can hardly type I'm laughing so much.

[Sparkletastic]

This is precisely why DH and I never have sex.

[MrsThierryHenry]

Yikes! Huge sympathy for you all!

The first thing that springs to mind is: what would your ideal outcome be from this situation? Would you like to have a relationship with your daughter where you can talk increasingly openly about sex and relationships, or would you prefer to retain an embarassed silence over the whole matter for the next few years and perhaps the rest of your lives? Whatever you do now could quite possibly make that decision for you.

Is it really enough to say you 'think' she's okay? Why not make absolutely sure - if you don't, who else will? For her sake, to reassure her, I think it's really important that you overcome your own embarassment and talk to her gently and thoughtfully about it.

BTW don't watch Desp Housewives on Wednesday .

[MrsThierryHenry]

In case it's not clear that last post was directed to OP!

[bramblebooks]

On our recent holiday we were delighted to be given a suite in the hotel. Our boys' room was linked to ours by double doors. My youngest (8) came and made a point of closing the doors and telling his elder brother that it was in case we wanted to ... in his words, 'it wouldn't be appropriate to say to you mummy, but you know what I mean'.