# If you accidently saw your friends having sex..... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 1, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480 "2003-07-01T01:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/1 "2003-07-01T01:38:12Z")
Here’s the scenario: You’re staying at friend’s house for the night. Friend is the same gender you are. You think his/her new SO is really HOT. You get up in the middle of the night for a pee, bedroom door is not closed as tight as it should be with guest in the house. You hear sex, and see various naked limbs moving about. Do you: 1. Quietly move in for a closer look. 2. Tip-toe back to bed wishing you hadn’t seen as much as you did. If you chose 1, is it because you: A) Want to see hot SO naked. B) Want to see friend naked. C) Enjoy watching sex no matter who it is. D) Have no idea why, you just do it. This post was inspired by the question: “How was your weekend”? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/2 "2003-07-01T01:58:21Z")
Well… As much as I’d like to do (1), I would most likely do (2), but not because I don’t wish to look, but because I try to respect my friend’s privacy. Yes, I’m a pervert, but I leave that to my internet porn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/3 "2003-07-01T02:09:29Z")
You left out 1. Go back to your room. Get your videocam. Return to your friends’ room door. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/4 "2003-07-01T02:12:48Z")
I’ll agree with **JavaMaven** , however tempting (1) may be, I’d go with (2). This is because my priorities are different when I wake up all groggy in the middle of the night, I’d prefer just to do my business and get back to sleep. And perhaps I’ll wake up the next morning and smack mself for not having a peep. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/5 "2003-07-01T02:26:51Z")
1A. Quick peek. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/6 "2003-07-01T02:51:50Z")
Return to your room wishing you had seen MORE. OR Start the microwave popcorn, a melt a stick of butter. Give your friends the butter, keep the popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/7 "2003-07-01T03:35:43Z")
Hah! This _exact situation_ happened to me in college. I went to the dormroom of a buddy of mine where I hung out a lot and just walked inside. He was on the bed naked with his girlfriend. I was so stunned I just stood there, door wide open behind me. He yelled “shut the door!” and I just turned around and walked out. The next day he came around and tried to apologize for yelling, and I just pretended nothing at all had happened. He didn’t understand until I said “Please, just don’t ever say anything that would remind me of the sight of your naked, hairy ass ever again.” Oddly, both his roommate and my roommate (also a mutual friend) later walked in on them on seperate occasions. Those two were like rabbits, and they took forever to learn to LOCK THE DOOR. Now they’re married. Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/8 "2003-07-01T03:38:21Z")
I also kinda-sorta saw my sister and future brother-in-law going at it on my mother’s couch. . . before they were married. Not that I’m a moralist, but I _know_ what my mother would’ve thought of that, given the time and place. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/9 "2003-07-01T03:57:32Z")
Well, when it happened to me (many years back) I confess that I stayed and watched. (There was a special circumstance here I won’t go into, but suffice it to say that a good time was had by all!) I suppose the reason was a combination of A & C, plus the special circumstance. And it was pretty hot, no doubt about it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/10 "2003-07-01T05:19:02Z")
Hey mister! Get back over here and explain the “special circumstance”. Or atleast email me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/11 "2003-07-01T05:26:47Z")
Composing email as you read this. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/12 "2003-07-01T06:03:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RJKUgly \* > \*\*Composing email as you read this. 🙂 \*\* Oh come on post it here…or email me too 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Blunty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Captain\_Blunty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Blunty)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/13 "2003-07-01T06:38:58Z")
**RJKUgly** , another pervert putting her hand up for an email! Sounds _naaaaasty_ ! 😃 Oh, and obviously I would go for 1). I couldn’t resist a peek! I wouldn’t drag out my cigarettes and pull up a lawnchair however! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/14 "2003-07-01T06:48:49Z")
I must be an A-hole. If it were me I’d kick the door open and start screaming “FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!” and then start laughing my ass off when they jump and start yelling back at me once they realize I’m just fuck’n with’em. Hey, thats what they get for having me as a house guest. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/15 "2003-07-01T07:05:20Z")
4: Strip naked and strut into the room singing “Greased Lighting” ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/16 "2003-07-01T07:41:51Z")
Ha! The joke’s on you, I don’t _have_ any friends. I need a hug. ---
**Author:** ![Shotgunhaircut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Shotgunhaircut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shotgunhaircut)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/17 "2003-07-01T13:36:55Z")
Depending on which friend I walked in on there is a distinct posibility I’d go get my SO and strike up an orgy. Barring that I’d take a closer look but I’m not sure why. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/18 "2003-07-01T17:45:32Z")
I came home late from a concert one night and walked past my aunt’s room and heard her and her girlfriend going at it pretty fierce. I walked on by. That, btw, is when I found out my aunt was gay… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/19 "2003-07-01T22:06:19Z")
Probably 1), but only quickly, as I wouldn’t want to get caught. Just enough time to see the hot SO naked. (And if they happened to be in a position that made it hard to see her naked, then I would probably walk away and not wait for a new one for fear of getting caught.) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480/20 "2003-07-01T22:52:17Z")
1A and 1C, with an option for **Evil Captor’s** video camera. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-accidently-saw-your-friends-having-sex/185480.md?page=2)