My husband has been working out of town for a year now. It wasn’t an easy transition for a woman who just lost her son four months prior and had never been a single parent. There were many days when I wondered if our family would survive Boo’s absences.
I discovered my kids are very resilient and absence really does make the heart grow fonder. I really do love my husband. I didn’t just stay married to him all those years because it was easy and he was cute. Who knew?
A year later, we have found our family groove. We function fairly cohesively when the daddy dude is gone, (providing I remember to order water and um, heat…) and when the hubs makes his mighty return, after a bump or two, it’s like he never left.
He’s been gone for three weeks and he will be gone again tomorrow night, trading in family and comfort for what ever hot little Asian chick he can find. (Not to mention, trolling on-line for some coffee buddies.) Family bonding is priority number one right now. The kids stay up past their bedtimes, cuddling on the couch with the dad, while watching inappropriate movies and I drink my mommy juice, enjoying the time I have as not being the sole person responsible for child safety.
I’ve also been enjoying something else. Since it’s been a while since we’ve laid eyes on each other and we don’t know when we will see each other again, the hubs and I have been busy doing what married couples do. As often as possible.
Fornicating.
We try to be quiet about it. We try to make sure the kids are either outside or sleeping. But when you only have 48 hours, beggars aren’t going to be choosers around these parts. In other words, we tell the kids we are taking a nap. And please don’t disturb us.
We’re very old. We need our sleep.
Wink, wink.
There was a small bump in the road with that plan last night. My son, Frac, is very sick with strep throat. And as the little man he is, he’s a bit of a whiny wimp about it, constantly complaining about how sore his throat is, and how yucky he feels.
Because I am a loving mother, I decided to ease my son’s suffering and get a couple hours of not having to listen to him complain. I tried to knock him out by giving him some over the counter cold medication that would normally knock me out and make me sleep. It didn’t work like that for my son. What it did do was stone him out of his tree. (Which, I suppose, did achieve the purpose of shutting him up, because while he never slept, he wasn’t whining.)
The hubs and I, thinking that our children were fast asleep, got naked. All was right with the world (read: Mommy got hers) and we were enjoying ourselves (read: Daddy was having his turn) when in wandered our son.
Who, thankfully, wasn’t wearing his glasses (he’s blind as a bat without them) and was higher than a kite in a wind storm. Since I was a little busy at that particular moment, I didn’t notice the boy standing three feet behind us. However, my husband did.
Suddenly, I hear my husband ask my son what he is doing. WTF? I think and I freeze. And panic. AS ANY GOOD PARENT WOULD DO.
Not my hubs though. He just slowed down a bit and kept talking to my kid. Like he wasn’t going to town on the poor kid’s mother, like the poor kid wasn’t confused, like his wife wouldn’t mind having sex in front of her child.
Well, his wife DID mind, and I artfully um, disengaged in said activity and asked my stoned son what was the matter. Frac didn’t know. At this point, he didn’t know much of anything, including where he was. As I walked him back to his room, he only bumped into three walls. (Thank GAWD! It only proved he couldn’t see anything or ANY PARENT HAVING SEX in the dark.)
Upon my return, I noticed a sour look on my husband’s face. I asked him what was the matter. Apparently, he was only a few strokes short of his goal and he was feeling a tad frustrated.
Poor baby. After a few minutes of fruitless whining and begging for me to return to said activity, he rolled over, muttered under his breath about something about having kids with bad timing and then promptly started snoring.
Me, I was still a little disconcerted about what had just happened. Did I just scar my boy for life? Did he see me naked? Did he notice my jiggly bits? How much money in therapy bills would this cost to fix? What if mentions this to THE ADOPTION CASE WORKER WHO IS COMING TO INTERVIEW US TOMORROW???
Lucky for me, all of my worries flew out of my mind rather quickly. That tends to happen when I roll over and discover that I have to sleep in the wet spot.

I must be slipping. Usually I can choreograph the action so that I avoid all wet spot irritations. As I went to grab a towel, I swear I heard my husband snickering softly.
Laugh all you want Boo.
At least I got my cake.
***Turns out, my snotty-nosed, froggy throated child remembers nothing of his parents sporting activities the night before. The hubs and I grilled him first thing this morning. I like to think of it as my Easter miracle.***







Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 9:26
Ah, the towel. One of married people’s necessities in lovemaking. And if we forget said towel, I end up losing a t-shirt.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 9:29
T,
The people in the cubicles outside my office are all wondering about the bellowing laughter now.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 9:45
OMFG. LMFAO!!!!
Total man to keep striving for the goal as your child stands in front of you.
Enjoy your sex-capades!
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 10:01
You crack me up, you righteous dude.
I will not forget Boo wanting to keep at it, but subtly (is that even possible?). I will not forget that for a long time.
Thanks for making me laugh today.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 10:09
Oh my, Lmao! Hah Boo’s a trip! Bless the cold medicine, sometimes a bit of dopey can go a long way. The jiggly bits part is the funniest… what a thing to wonder about after that!
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 10:21
Ahhh glad to see I’m not the only wifey that has a one-track fornicating mind when hubs finally makes it home after a long mission/trip.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 10:28
LMFAO!!! omg, this is brilliant. and so true.. the guy is all concerned about being 2 strokes from goaltime… and mom is concerned about possible ruining her child for life. LOL
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 10:48
Hehe. The story of my second son’s conception has this line in it: “Daddy. What are you doing to my Mommy?” and “Daddy. DADDY! Get off MY MOMMY!”
Your husband is gone that much? No wonder he’s been cruisin’ for coffee buddies;-)
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 11:30
Oh wow! Your husband’s aunt and uncle are going to LOVE this entry, aren’t they? You crack me up with your candor. I love the description of how he just “slowed down” when your son walked in the room. Only a man would think that’s OK behavior. LOL
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 13:04
At least Boo slowed down! The Big Guy heard one of the kids coming and SPED UP hoping to finish before the knob turned all the way. Me? Trying to heave him the hell off of me before my poor baby had to see that.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 14:30
You know what’s gonna happen? This is going to be one of those repressed memories that hits your little Frac when he’s about 16 years old and losing his virginity to little Sallie down the road. He’ll never be able to have sex again. Hope you’re happy.
On a different note-
Who knew the towel was so versatile.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 14:32
P.S.
I’m sure you don’t really have to worry about your son remembering seeing jingly parts it’s the piercings I’m sure that are going to burn his corneas from the inside out once he remembers.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 15:16
That was HILARIOUS! Really. I can’t stop chuckling.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 15:29
You find the BEST cartoons.
My hubby still shudders and gags at the memory of walking in on his parents getting it on.
I only have to suffer the memory of my mother walking in on me and my hubby bumping uglies. PRE marriage. PRE engagement.
We don’t take “naps” b/c Stinkerbell likes to nap with us. We work on bills or something totally unfun for her. And no, my hubby’s name is not Bill, but that would be funny.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 15:51
There’s this spray stuff that you spray on the “wet spot” and it makes it so you can pick it up with a paper towel and throw it away! AND-BONUS-your sheets smell fabulous! It’s like “between the sheets” or something like that. Slumber Parties sells it.
Personally, I don’t mind the wet spot because it means I GOT SEX!
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 16:22
i am deeply impressed to hear that a) my libido may someday return in full and b) that i am not alone in having artfully developed wet-spot avoidance tactics. i have to admit, though…i was pretty freaking agog with horror at the thought of being walked in on by a child older than say, three. capable of complete sentences and such. glad Frac is unharmed by his stoned adventures…
and hope the adoption visit went beautifully.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 17:34
Girl.
Oh, sweet lord, that was funny.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 18:08
That’s one of the great things about condoms. Generally, unless our…ahem…foreplay activities were extremely on the juicy side, there’s no cold damp spot under our rumps.
Hope the meeting goes well, and glad you got yours! (Because, indeed, all is then right with the world!)
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 18:15
I hate that sneeky wet spot! But it’s worth it if it means the lady parts are gettin’ some sweet sweet lovin’.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 20:58
Ok… i can’t decide whether to be more jealous of hte romping or your excellent humor OR your pretty pretty face. So I guess I’ll just sit back and enjoy the whole package.
you coming to blogher?
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 21:28
brilliant. i so want to come hang out at your place.
Monday, 9 April, 2007 at 22:07
Oh.My.God.
You crack me up.
Buy a HUGE lock. Or buy a big chair and shove it against the door.
Or go do it in the tool shed out back.
Tuesday, 10 April, 2007 at 4:19
LOL, fortunately we haven’t gone down this road yet. Ours are still confined to their cribs at night.
Tuesday, 10 April, 2007 at 6:15
is there any kid in the world, except perhaps the children of mormons, who *hasn’t* wandered into that situation before? i don’t think it’s going to scar anyone. i mean, all kids eventually understand that mommy and daddy get busy or they wouldn’t exist, right?
personally, i like torturing my teen with that sort of info. it grosses her out, so we make sure to save our wettest, sloppiest kisses for when she is around. and she’s grown up in a house where mommy grabs daddy’s butt every chance she gets, and daddy is prone to walking up to mommy and jiggling her boobies around. the kids just roll their eyes. their parents love each other! how awful!
we did have a truly humiliating moment a while back, though. i haven’t told my husband because i’m pretty sure he would be so embarassed there would be nothing for him but to wander out into the wildnerness and be lost to us forever. but i will tell YOU.
was in my room getting dried after a shower one morning, after a nice “wake up” ifyouknowwhatimean. the children are magnetically drawn to a vulnerable, naked parent, as you know, so lorelei (my almost-14-year-old) had decided that she needed to discuss life, the universe and everything with me and was following me from room to room as i got dressed. (another thing i do – wander around naked at will, getting dressed in bits and pieces) so i’m in my room and she flops down on the bed. i cringe, seeing a damp area uncovered where the bedding has been folded back. i hope she won’t notice, i don’t want to flip the sheets over because then she’s SURE to want to know what i’m hiding. so i just hope she won’t notice. only…she does. “what’s that?” she says, squinting and leaning closer to the spot on the sheets. she doesn’t have her contacts in so she has to lean close to see. i stand there, frozen in horror, unable to come up with any correct action for dealing with this situation. my mind is racing, but everything i come up with would just lead to more questions.
then, it happens. something she has heard on the school bus at some point emerges in her memory. i watch the look of horror cross her face. “EWWWW!!!!” and she bounces off of my bed like she’s been punted. I was so mortified i couldn’t do anything but giggle.
oh well. she knows her parents love each other for sure now!
Tuesday, 10 April, 2007 at 7:14
Hey — did you know you were nominated for Hottest Mom Blogger for the Blogger’s Choice Awards? With posts like this I can see why
Tuesday, 10 April, 2007 at 9:15
This post was a GREAT study break yesterday. My roommate and I laughed our asses off!
Sex while parenting–the guy sure can multi-task.
Tuesday, 10 April, 2007 at 10:54
OMG! I’m dying over here. Ha!
(Of course, when I finally meet you I’ll be looking at your through new eyes. Heh.)
Tuesday, 10 April, 2007 at 12:25
I am laughing and laughing. This is so well written that I feel like I was in the room too — and that is a bit awkward!
Tuesday, 10 April, 2007 at 13:02
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Seriously this is one of my worst nightmares. I DO NOT want my kids to see me riding their father.
But when it happens to you, it’s really funny. You just have this way of making things so. damn. funny.
Tuesday, 10 April, 2007 at 16:44
OMG!!!! I was setting here sneaking a piece of my boys Easter candy, and reading your blog on minute and the next laughing and choking on said candy…. You are to funny.
But I feel your pain, my hubs and I have also been UMM…interrupted.
Tuesday, 10 April, 2007 at 18:23
Freaking hilarious! You always make me laugh!
I don’t think there’s very many parents out there who have not been walked in on in during some form or another of s-e-x. lol We get over the embarrassment and the kids live too.
Hope all went well with the adoption chick!
Wednesday, 11 April, 2007 at 14:41
This is my biggest fear.
Wednesday, 11 April, 2007 at 20:09
laugh all you want but the subconscious picked it up, I studied this in my doctorate program at Harvard and when I did my fellowship working with kids scarred by parents jiggly parts. Sigmund is very, very disappointed in you! SINNERS
LOLLOLOLOOOOLOLROFLMAOFLFOFOFOFOFOFOF
FFF
LLL
Thursday, 19 April, 2007 at 8:06
TOOO FAR!! Thank goodness he don’t remember..lol.
I would die.
Friday, 4 May, 2007 at 4:29
OMG, that is hilarious…ok, funny because it wasn’t me–thank goodness! I think that is one of my worst fears for when my daughter gets older.
Friday, 4 May, 2007 at 7:06
I can’t believe I missed this one! Hilarious. Definitely ROFL-worthy.
Friday, 4 May, 2007 at 16:45
OH! The dreaded wet spot!
The Princess once caught us mid-action….her daddy..ever the quick thinker….hit his hand on the bed, counting 1,2,3….”Daddy wins” Now she thinks we were wrestling….THANK GOODNESS!
Sunday, 6 May, 2007 at 13:28
An ROFL well earned. And, in the test how funny does the husband think it is? I think he laughed harder than I did.. but let me read it again.