"intimacy" in a family tent....???

[morphthecat]

Genuine question,I have namechanged. Please don't think I am a troll.

DP and I are both seasoned campers. We are both divorced and both camped with previous partners and our children.However, neither of us had particularly close/happy times when married and also our children were tiny back then,IYSWIM.(Well,certainly in my case) So,we have no previous experience of feeling we were missing out.

We have just had a very happy week away with our children,everyone got on very well and it was loads of fun.We have 6 dc between us,aged between 16 and 8 and took 2 6 person tents,all the older dc were in one,dp and youngest 2 in the other.

We all sat up round the fire and went to bed at the same time,and as soon as anyone started moving around in the morning,everyone was awake and chatting.Plus the "walls" are obviously not soundproof. Any movement from us,and someone would call out,or look in.

We don't live together,but this is not a problem when we stay over with each other,as the dc are in bed before us,or know to knock/leave us alone if door locked on a Sunday morning,for example.

Seriously,how does anyone have a sex life when camping? Or do we have to accept that family camping holidays are "family" and not "grown-up" time?

Don't leave a light on in your tent while you are having grownup time. We were in Lake Garda last year. Some noisy French people did and had what appeared to be vigorous and acrobatic congress.
Me and DH gave them a round of applause when they finally finished.

Or, you could rephrase that last bit of advice from Kreecher, IF you are going to have sex with the light on in a tent, make sure it is vigorous and acrobatic. something to garner applause.

me and dp are taking our children away in august and now he;s invited two of his friends without checking with me first

I am looking at getting a larger tent for all the dc to share,one with several bedrooms...and looking forward to the challenge (and thrill) of silent, carefully engineered (!) grownup time in the dark....I am quite into the idea of the shower block,but dp thinks the fear of being overheard and not knowing,then wondering every time he walked past other campers ,would kill it for him....

Nah that makes it more exciting!!

I remember on honeymoon having sex on the balacony, we thought we'd kept quiet until we heard from the couple below (we didn;t knwo they were there honest) Was ist das? Seeing them at breakfast the rest of the holiday was hilarious!

Child 2 was conceived in a tent. During a force 8 gale. The other child was fast asleep in her compartment.

Can't see a problem if you're not of the loud persuasion.