If hearing your parents have sex has permanent negative effects - my son is doomed. His room next to ours and he's old enough to stay up as long as he wants. When he can't take it anymore he'll go down stairs to watch a movie or get a snack. I bet he could tell exactly how long it takes us to have sex and clean up afterward.

Hopefully he learned that a lot of sex is a normal part of a loving relationship!

I've heard my mom have sex with her fair share of men, and I've seen some of her sex videos by accident. I was not turned on, I was around 11ish when I first saw her and heard her have sex. It was funny as hell to me. My sister and I would try to see what they were doing bcs we thought it was funny. I laughed so hard one time I peed in my PJ's.

I don't know why it was so funny to me at the time...

I am so glad I never heard or saw anything.

I heard my Mother have sex with a boyfriend, and stumbled across a dirty letter my Father wrote her while they were still married and he was deployed. I also walked in on her about to give her boyfriend a bj (his pants were still on) and I've found two of her vibrators over the years.

Considering her rather violent and negative explanation of sex when I was in middle school, I didn't exactly look forward to it or was comfortable with any of this.

never heard it, never saw it. I think the most I ever caught them doing was hugging.

I've seen them once and heard them several times. Whatever, thought I. )

I've never heard or seen my parents having sex, but I have seen my father naked a couple of times and that has scarred me for life. He looks exactly like Peter Griffin naked, but extremely hairy.

I never heard my parents have sex...and I think it would have made me really uncomfortable if I did.

I've never seen/heard my parents. Then again my parents rarely show any signs of affection towards one another!

I have a pretty bad story about that - when I was 12, there was a huge gross bug above my bed that wouldn't move, and I was freaked out at the thought of sleeping with it there. My parents had a big master bedroom with a couch in it, so I figured I'd just sleep in there.

They're already asleep, so I settle in and also fall asleep. Wake up in the middle of the night to some strange noises. I don't even know that I've ever seen my parents kiss, so the idea that they might be doing something sexual was totally off my radar. But slowly I start to realize what's going on, and that I'm TRAPPED in their bedroom while they're having loud sex. Even worse, I realize the awful awkwardness that would ensue if they realized I was in there. So I try to scrunch up into a tiny ball and cover my eyes and ears until it's all over. Eventually they fall back asleep and I get the fuck out of there.

Needless to say, I never slept in their room again. It was a weird experience but I think I survived.

Thank god I never heard anything. Still have no clue how active they are and I want to keep it that way.

I never heard anything, but my mom gave me the bed that had been in their bedroom after she was pregnant with my brother (I was 17) and told me "Yeah, we fucked all over this house, even on the counter."

I was scarred.

i've never heard or seen anything.

I'm really surprised to hear how many people claim to be turned off or 'traumatized' by their parents having sex.

It's OK for you - but since you were born they should stop? What are you going to do when you have kids?

It's not practical to hide all sexual activity from your kids - especially if you're active like my wife and I - and hopefully you!

Celebrate their sensuality - my kids know that an active sex life is possible for a long time - I hope that's a good things for them.

Loosen up people - it's natural, necessary and healthy!

never seen it

I actually never heard them until I was about 18. I was up late and I guess they thought I had gone to bed. My bedroom was right next to theirs. And it was....something I think I would like to forget. I figured out later in life when they were doing it because they would close the doors and after sometime (depending) one parent would step out and go to the bathroom and then the other would go to the bathroom...so I put 2 and 2 together. But honestly hearing it...not so cool

I never heard or saw them.. thankfully..

have never seen it, thank goodness

Thank God I never heard or saw my parents having sex. I accidentally walked in my parents bedroom after my father had showered and saw him naked. I'm scarred for life from that alone.

I never saw/heard my parents, but 2 of our kids came home once in the afternoon and caught/heard us in the shower. "Scarred for life" is what I heard from them! LOL (we are currently seeking therapy for them... lmao)

Despite the fact that we lived in a very small house when I was growing up I never heard anything, thank goodness.

I've never heard a peep from my parents!

I don't like hearing relatives have sex.

My room was under my parents room when I was little (age 6-9) and I'd had the talk when my brother was born when I was 6 and hey I had older cousins that would talk to me about it. Once I figured it out it just made me uncomfortable usually and I would put on my headphones and turn on my walkman until they were done. BUT the first time scarred me. I was 6 and sure I'd had the talk but I didn't know people made SOUNDS when they did it. I woke up to them mid-coitus and was terrified because I thought mom was getting hurt really badly. I ran and stood at the bottom of the stairs and cried because I didn't know what to do because dad was up there and if it was so terrible that he couldn't help her then I definitely couldn't save her from the terrible thing that was making her make those sounds. Then it got super loud and suddenly stopped so I just stood there for a little while and heard some muffled talking and then it hit me...she wasn't hurt...they'd been doing that sex thing that mom had talked to me about!!! Now even more horrified I ran and hid under my covers until I was too sleepy to stay awake.
I only recently told my mom about it haha

Never did, thank god lol