I shudder at the thought of my parents having sex, too.
However, I got back at my dad several weeks ago. As I’ve said before, I recently moved in with my parents so that I could save money and pay off some debt before returning to school. In the meantime, my boyfriend lives several states away and when he comes to visit, we have to get a hotel room because my parents are hopelessly old-fashioned and won’t let him stay in my room here (actually, I couldn’t have sex in the same house with my parents anyway…it’d be too weird). Well, the three of us went out to dinner a few weeks ago, and my dad made a comment about “Since you moved in, your mother and I haven’t had sex in three months.”
EWWWWW! TMI, TMI!
So, to get back at him, I looked him square in the eye and said “Well, I’m sorry, Dad. But don’t expect any sympathy from me. I haven’t had sex in three weeks.”
He immediately turned red, started stammering, and changed the subject:D.
The only thing that’s worse than the thought of your parents having sex is for a father to think about his little girl having sex. He will never make the mistake of mentioning his sex life to me in that way again:D .
My mom frequently sidles up to me and makes off the wall comments about my stepfather wanting to have sex, and her clever attempts to thwart him…Dear lord, you would think that was TMI, but the following was the worst that I’ve endured in that arena.
One night, when I was in the third grade, I heard my mother and my stepfather (a different one, incidentally) in their room. Well, specifically what I heard was my mom say “Oh God!” at which point my eyeballs almost popped out of my head and I covered my ears with my pillow and went to sleep, humming loudly.
The next morning, my younger brother and I were having cereal before the bus came, and he casually asked our mom if she was feeling ok. She looked puzzled, and said yes, why do you ask? He said “Because I heard you praying last night.” I honestly can’t remember what my mom did, because my eyes were on the bowl. I had a very hard time keeping a straight face until we left the table.
Cheri, I think the point that’s being made (unless you saw it already), is that the concept is fine. However, the concept of sex often leads to visuals, and I don’t think I need to go into details as to what people are imagining. And if I do, then oh well. I’m eating. I have a strong stomach, but I’m not about to try to describe a nude 75-year-old man;)