<p>My daughter was reading the live journal of a college she has on her list and there was a post from a female student complaining that two people had been having very visible and vocal sex in front of an open window. She was walking by with her mother who was visiting and was mortified by the whole thing. </p>
<p>Just wondering how everyone would react if a similar situation occurred while you were visiting your child at college? (I am not talking about sex in general, but sex in such a public venue while you were visiting)</p>
<p>I told my daughter that I might have been tempted to loudly comment on their technique, which of course she said would be even more mortifying. :)</p>
<p>I believe I can help here. I believe it is appropriate in almost all venues of this type to politely affix dollar bills to the undergarments of the participants, should they be wearing any. If no such placement is possible , discretion is highly advisable in choosing alternate locations. Tip: If the venue is a prestige college or university substitute “twenty dollar bills” for “dollar bills”.</p>
<p>carolyn - my reaction was similar to yours. As I read your first couple of paragraphs, I immediately envisioned my D becoming totally embarrassed when I watch for a moment (who wouldn’t?), then shrug and say, “B-”</p>
<p>Cur, Well, my second thought was I’d roll up a wad of paper and throw it at them through the window, so maybe I could just use dollar bills to do that?</p>
<p>after I got over the shock of people young enough to be my children having sex- maybe I would clap?
actually I probably would just ignore them because people who are exhibitonistic about sex, don’t get embarrassed- they like it</p>
<p>I would ignore it and be greatful that I was walking with my child and not witnessing my child. I might be tempted to put a fraudulent note on the door of the room saying, “We stopped by for a surprise visit but you appeared busy, love mom”</p>
<p>I’m with you, Emerald…ignore it. Exhibitionism is not an accident! I’m always amazed that people often seem to believe that they have discovered something “new” they have to share with us (or shock us with.). Exhibitionism (and voyeurism) has been around as long as…well…sex has!</p>
<p>I know I would wind up using it as a lecture on male/female relationships. I would first tell her I hope the girl was having fun. Then tell her I hope the boy was respectful and understood how women work because he by default I assume was having fun. That would be all that would get out of my mouth before my D would forceably tell me to stop talking:)…</p>
<p>It isn’t that I don’t realize that college students are having sex- by the time I was my oldests age I practically was married and I certainly wasn’t a virgin :eek:</p>
<p>It is more that I just took my freshman in high school daughter and her friends to see Kingdom of Heaven yesterday and I told myself I was doing it to see Liam Neeson ( who looked awful- but his character was dying) and Jeremy Irons ( who looked great) But to lust after the same actor as teenagers? :::Shudder:::
I don’t want to admit that children have a sex life- I have a hard enough time trying to change the subject when my mother tries to tell me about hers :p</p>
<p>Ah now, watching ER myself, my mother and my younger sister all totally fangirl over Goran Visnjic, so it’s not a big deal that you’re lusting after the same actor as teenagers!</p>
<p>but at least Goran is relatively old- although I felt better after finding out that Naveen Andrews ( Sayid on Lost also in The English Patient) and whom I thought was totally too young for me ( I thought he was in his late 20’s he is 36- has a real life “girlfriend” who is 10 years older than I am!</p>
How funny!</p>