Have you ever been caught in the act?

Ruffling under the sheets, the door opens and bam! Your kids catch you in the act of having sex. Shhhhh!

It happens! Has it happened to you?

I’ve heard a few stories of my friends walking in on their parents “doing it”. But I can only remember one time that I think I may have walked in on mine…

Surely our parents did not have sex! After having kids, they magically stopped having a sex life, right???

Heck no!

But catching parents in the act has got to be awkward, and totally embarrassing.

Did you catch Modern Family’s Caught in the Act episode?

Claire and Phil’s three kids try to surprise their parents with breakfast in bed on their anniversary but instead, they walk in on them making whoopy!

Claire and Phil are in disbelief, yelling “nooooo!” – horrifying! More horrifying for their kids who run to wash their eyes out???

My kids are still kind of young and are in bed at an early time so this embarrassing moment has yet to happen here. But I can’t imagine when they are tweens and teens, where they are staying up later, which will undoubtedly make it more difficult for hubby and I to have some alone time.

If this happens to you – which I’m sure at one point or another it surely will – how do you handle it?

•           Don’t freak out!  Stay calm and cover up.  Older children will say “yuck” and turn away out of embarrassment.

•           Don’t blame.

•           Calmly ask the kids to leave the room for a moment.

•           Later, talk about it with them, ask if they want to know what was happening.

•           And if they do, explain that it’s natural and normal, loving and safe.

•           And if they don’t, don’t press the issue.

Are you open about sex in your house? Or do you keep it on the DL?

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