# what to do when you walk into a room and catch someone pleasuring themselves **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2000, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985 "2000-06-11T00:39:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/1 "2000-06-11T00:39:56Z")
BurnMeUp suggested this topic in the [Masturbatory Kindness](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26858) thread. ( I had to edit the whole statement, it was too long to be a thread title. Sorry, BMU) It was ment as a joke, but I thought “why not”? Any ideas? I say you scream at the top of your voice “OH MY GOD, IT’S GOING TO BLOW!!!” Not sure what to sat to a woman yet. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/2 "2000-06-11T00:52:24Z")
Dave, I like your style. You’re one of the Kings of Funny and/or Moving MPSIMS Topics, as far as I’m concerned. Well, it would depend. If it was my girlfriend, I would like it, I think. I would certainly offer the services of Big Cold and the Cloggies as an alternative. It could be your kid, of course. Not that I have any. What do parents do? I never got caught when I was young 🙂 But wouldn’t “You’ll shoot yer eye out, kid!” be appropriate? ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/3 "2000-06-11T01:28:00Z")
You tell your kid that it could cause blindness. If he asks, “Can I do it until I have to wear glasses?”, then it’s out of your hands. So to speak. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/4 "2000-06-11T01:29:47Z")
Wally, if you do that you’ll fuck the kid up for life, you know it as well as I do. Just go “Whoops! Sorry…”, turn around, and walk right back out. ---
**Author:** ![WallyM7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5e925/32.png) [@WallyM7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WallyM7)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/5 "2000-06-11T01:31:13Z")
I was joking, matt. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/6 "2000-06-11T01:31:45Z")
Yeah, like the kid’s gonna be able to continue either way 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/7 "2000-06-11T01:36:30Z")
Story from a friend who was in our university’s vocal musical group that went on a summer tour a few years ago: They had performed at the church, and as usual, were housed that evening by volunteering congregation families. As was typical of the rules governing such groups, the girl group members went to one home, the boys another. Well, the girls from the group (4 of them, I believe) went home with a family with some young men living at home (late teens, early twenties). My friend, thankfully the most unflappable and unshockable, walked in on one of these aroused young men spanking his monkey in the family room, using a fashion magazine as his inspiration. Her reaction was a giggling, “Oops, sorry,” and to later amuse (and repulse) more people than that boy would probably ever care to meet with the story. A friend suggested her reaction should have been, “Excuse me, I just came to read the new issue of Cosmo that I saw lying aroun–OH! Well, then, I can see you’re not quite done with it yet.” At 18, I would have been mortified had I walked in on him. At 27, I think I’d have a really, _really_ hard time not laughing obnoxiously at the guy. I wonder if the guy wound up with some sort of sexual complex afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/8 "2000-06-11T01:56:27Z")
I agree with replying with a **whoops, sorry** comment. But I think it would be best if a laugh followed so that the guy realizes it is not serious. My fiance has walked in on me, and I have never seen him give me such a terrified look. He though I would be mad at him or something. Instead I asked him to join me 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/9 "2000-06-11T02:02:28Z")
Why, thank you very much, Coldfire. I really apreciate that. Right now I’m trying to think of a funny AND moving OP, but no luck yet. Maybe something about dead clowns. Oh, and Cold? > [@](#): > > Big Cold and the Cloggies Brilliant! It’s sure got Diamoind Dave and the Twins all beat to hell.( really, no pun intended. ) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/10 "2000-06-11T02:39:16Z")
Don’t mind me. Carry on. What? You want me to leave? You’re no fun. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/11 "2000-06-11T02:44:11Z")
OMG Shayna, you witch! That was exactly what I was going to write but you beat me to it. 😛 The fact that we are on the same brain wave should be very scary to you. ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/12 "2000-06-11T02:55:29Z")
i am in a quite call center laughing out loud to shayna’s post. I look crazy now!!! ---
**Author:** ![saucy\_potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@saucy\_potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucy_potato)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/13 "2000-06-11T03:14:50Z")
I don’t know how much truth there is to this story, but I know OF someone whose mother walked in on them and said, “Would you like a muffin with that?” ---
**Author:** ![SSgtBaloo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SSgtBaloo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSgtBaloo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/14 "2000-06-11T03:18:33Z")
I think it would be quite appropriate to say “Oops! Didn’t mean to interrupt anything. I’ll come back when you’re not busy.” ~~Baloo ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/15 "2000-06-11T03:19:06Z")
You want me to get you the kleenex? ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/16 "2000-06-11T03:21:15Z")
“No, no, no…you’re doing it all wrong!” ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/17 "2000-06-11T03:21:53Z")
I feel cheated. Shayna AND Diane both pre-empted me. Hmmm… cheated AND unoriginal… Just to give this thread some anecdotal decoration: I once had a girlfriend surprise me in such a way (she def. wasn’t expected) and she just froze for a second before huffily saying “Well!” and storming from the room. She found it offensive that I would “do that sort of thing” while I was in a relationship. _sigh_ She moved into X-Territory pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/18 "2000-06-11T04:19:34Z")
> [@](#): > > what to do when you walk into a room and catch someone pleasuring themselves join in! 😃 LoL ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/19 "2000-06-11T04:45:50Z")
I actually did catch son at this. Lion and I were sleeping and I woke up to go to the bathroom, walked past son’s bedroom, the door was open. There he was in all his glory. I never said a word, I was too stunned ! When Lion woke up I told him to tell \*\* his \*\* son that if he was going to do that, to at least shut the door ! ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985/20 "2000-06-11T04:45:55Z")
You guys need to LEARN TO KNOCK!!! Count me in the “Whoops, sorry” catagory. And I DO have a teenage son. Nuff said! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-you-walk-into-a-room-and-catch-someone-pleasuring-themselves/21985.md?page=2)