There is nothing sweeter than the pitter patter of little feet — except if those little feet are pitter pattering right into the middle of a romantic moment between you and your partner. From the moment the door opens to the sound of a small voice asking "Why are you wrestling?" there are few things more mortifying for parents than being caught in the act. Well, except maybe being caught in the act by a mother-in-law. (We see you mom #4. We see you.)
After promising to keep their names on the DL, we got 15 moms to spill the beans on the super awkward (but let's be honest, super funny) moment when they got totally busted in the act. Read on and be grateful that these moments happened to someone else.
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Puppy Party Crasher
"Our baby is only 10 months old, so he can't bust us yet. But we did get busted by our emotionally needy and super protective rescue dog who somehow got out of his crate and busted into our room and proceeded to bark at my husband until he gave up and got off. Only without getting off, sadly for him. The embarrassing part was our neighbor giving us a hard time the next day for how crazy the dog sounded and asking what spooked him."
Toddler Interrupter
"My husband put our toddler down for a nap and we decided to go for a little afternoon delight. We got frisky in the shower and decided to finish in the bed. We were naked and wet and in the middle of some very grown-up activities when we heard a giggle and discovered that our daughter had woken up, gotten out of her crib, and was sitting in our bed. Yikes!"
Need a Charge
"My sons are usually total video game zombies, so we thought it would be safe to try to have a daytime quickie. Um, yeah. We were so wrong. Apparently the batteries died on the controllers and it was such an emergency that they BOTH had to burst in the room to tell us about it. They saw a whole lot more than they expected and were horrified. There were legit tears."
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Mother-in-Law Mortification
"What's worse? Your mother-in-law walking in on your husband going down on you in the laundry room on Easter? Or the moment afterwards when she gives you a side eye and says 'Well, I know I raised him better than to do THAT with anyone during daytime hours'? I wanted to die."
Swingers
"The scene: a family camping trip. The goal: Fulfill a long-time sex in the woods fantasy by having sex in a hammock. The mortification: Our 6-year-old waking up and trying to climb into the hammock with us and then throwing a massive screaming fit when we wouldn't let him, resulting in us getting shouted at by campers from the next campsite over. All while I was naked from the waist down in a hammock."
Tech Fail
"Oh boy. Does it count as getting caught in the act if you never actually got to have sex? Mine was this: My husband sent me a super dirty email with an XXX rated subject line. The email came in and the notification (with subject line visible) popped up while I was sharing my screen with my whole office so everyone saw exactly what he was in the mood for. Total work embarrassment."
Teenager Trauma
"It was our anniversary so we both took the day off work to be together. We were having sex in our room, with the door open, totally being noisy and loud. Then both our phones started buzzing, over and over again. Turns out our 15-year-old was home sick from school and was texting us messages like STOP and OMG, I CAN HEAR YOU. Hard to say who was more embarrassed, her or us."
Pit Stop
"Here's a tip: If you are going to be daring and give your husband some road head to spice up a long road trip, don't count on your 3-year-old staying asleep. 'Are you okay, Mommy?' was an instant boner killer and sign it was time to get back to driving!"
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Holiday Horror
"We were trying to get pregnant and we knew that my fertile window was when we were staying at my sister's house for Christmas. We were sharing a room with my niece so we knew we weren't going to have sex with her in there, so we decided to skip the Christmas Eve service at church and stay behind to have sex instead. Long story short, we lost track of time and the whole family (including grandparents!) came home and caught him, well, stuffing my stocking under the tree. Mortifying."
Family Bed
"We do a family bed, so we are always creative about finding time for intimacy. And yes, that sometimes means having sex with one or two kids in the room. We are masters of being quiet but we still get caught in the act sometimes. We can usually play it off, but someday they'll figure out what was going on and why daddy was breathing so loud sometimes. They can deal with that in therapy some day!"
Picture This
"I wasn't quite caught in the act, but I'm still so embarrassed. I let my mom have my phone so she could look at some new family pictures and she and my dad were swiping and laughing at the cute pictures. Then the laughing stopped and my dad stomped out of the room. Yep, totally forgot we had some pictures we'd snapped during sex on there. My mom swiped right into seeing some dirty, dirty stuff!"
Making Babies
"My 7-year-old son walked in on my wife and I one night, which was awkward, of course. But the next day, I tried to talk to him about it and asked if he wanted to ask any questions and he said 'No, I know you guys were just making babies.' Which was hilarious, as we are lesbians."
Butt Dial
"We were having sex and all of the sudden I hear my mother-in-law's voice going 'Hello? Hello? Are you okay? Are you all okay?' My husband had somehow knocked his phone into the bed and rolled over on it and butt dialed (literally!) his mom. She answered the phone to the sound of us doing it. So classy."
Worst Night
"Oh, man, let me tell you about the worst night. Not only did our 6-year-old catch us in the act, she barfed in our bed! She woke up because she didn't feel good, and came in to tell us, and threw up right on my husband. While he was getting cleaned up, she barfed on the floor and I slipped in it and sprained my ankle. I was in a brace for six weeks afterward. Embarrassed doesn't quite cover it, really."
Video Bomb
"I was on a business trip that was three weeks long so we were getting kind of desperate and decided to try to get some sexy time online. I'd just finished doing a little striptease for my husband and then I saw a flash of blond hair as my son came crashing into the room screaming 'I miss you mommy!!' I dove off camera so fast but it was still so embarrassing."
