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Important thread on sex on holiday while children supposedly sleeping pulled.

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ScrollingLeaves · 12/08/2025 10:12

Dear Mumsnet,

Just now a thread on AIBU about sex in hotel rooms with ‘sleeping’ child was closed at tge OP’s request.

It was the OP who asked for this very recent and active thread to be closed, but I want to alert you to what a pity this is as this thread could have been helping prevent child abuse. Couldn’t there be a way of anonymising the OP question?

The assumption is that while sleeping in the same hotel room as a child, they won’t know if the adults have sex because of the presumption they are asleep/will not wake up.

Many answers show children are awake or do wake up, and can be traumatised or affected.

A child safe guarding professional answered that this is child SA.

Meanwhile the thread showed this is not an uncommon occurrence.

Not only is this child sexual abuse, but mothers/stepmothers may be being coerced into doing this.

PipMumsnet · 12/08/2025 16:07

Hello there @ScrollingLeaves,

Thanks for flagging this.

As a rule we try not to delete whole threads but we do make exceptions like we did in this case, the reasons for which, as we are sure you will understand, we cannot get into.

Unfortunately we cannot anonymise the thread as per your suggestion as this would mean reinstating a thread we already agreed to remove for the OP however you are at liberty to start your own thread about this very important issue.

MNHQ

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