Dad has recently gotten himself a much younger girlfriend whom he has moved in last month. My bedroom and their bedroom are wall to wall. The fact that they fuck doesn’t make me uncomfortable - so happy for them, but they do it on max volume. No joke. Every night at 11 and in the morning at 6 on the clock. These walls are paper thin apparently.

  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    1156·
    5 days ago

    Don’t be subtle. Be direct and frank. “Dad, I don’t want to hear you having sex with your new girlfriend and I shouldn’t have to put up with it twice a day. Either be quiet or do it when I’m not home.” Throw in some imitations of him or her. He should be mortified enough to behave. Better yet, tell it to both of them face to face. That way there can be no confusion between all parties.

        • abbadon420@lemm.ee
          372·
          5 days ago

          Yeah totally, just pick one of the free houses and move in there with the stable personality you got from the well funded education system.

          • al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com
            41·
            5 days ago

            Frankly if you said this to me I’d probably begin fucking in every room of the house. Then I would fuck in front of you maintaining eye contact.

          • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
            523·
            5 days ago

            It’s crazy because I’m liberal as fuck, totally understand how cursed housing is but I still can’t take this as sarcasm.

            I’m fully living on my own despite a horrible public school system, no college education, etc. Hell, I moved to Los Angeles with nothing but a backpack and $800 and no high paying job experience.

            At some point you have to figure out your life and move on; sitting around and blaming everyone else for your problems won’t get you anything.

              • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
                17·
                5 days ago

                Seriously. We don’t even know how old the poster is, just that their dad is 48.

                I was 20 when my dad was 48. I was in college and was only ‘home’ over the summers and winter break (when the dorms closed). My brother was 15. I don’t think it’d be reasonable to tell either of us to move out just because the adults in our lives were a tad indiscrete.

              • abbadon420@lemm.ee
                1·
                4 days ago

                That sounds funny, because I actually have a free house and a stable personality from a well funded education system, but I said the exact opposite. I know my privilege. Life’s tough and you gotta take all the advantage you can get. If you get a chance to get ahead, you’re stupid not to take it, but you’re even more stupid if you brag about it.

              • Cousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.ch
                415·
                5 days ago

                You don’t fucking know me bro. I’m not privileged in the least, the most I’ve borrowed from my parents is $20 and I worked for minimum wage all throughout my 20s.

                Just because I’m not a deadbeat loser doesn’t mean I’m privileged.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      410·
      5 days ago

      OP should definitely enforce boundaries, but this sounds like a fetish, which is fucked up, especially for the dad. If you’re an adult, you know your child is in the next room, and you’re banging at “max volume”, you’re wanting to be heard. 🤮

      • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
        14·
        5 days ago

        Doubtful.

        I’ve been surprised at what and how much you can hear through a wall. Often it seems like you’re being silent, but that headboard is gently tapping on the wall and reverberating out the other side like a jackhammer.

    • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      22·
      5 days ago

      Agreed. I wouldn’t interrupt their fun, but I’d mention it to my dad some time when the girlfriend wasn’t around. I’d send an email or text if I felt too embarrassed/shy to say anything face-to-face. “Hey, Dad. Just FYI the walls are really thin in this apartment and I can hear what you two get up to.”

      I’d also look into earplugs. Earplugs + bone conductive headphones could be a good work around. I’m a fan of Shokz, but other brands exist.

      • KittenBiscuits@lemm.eeEnglish
        45·
        5 days ago

        In fact asking dad to buy new headphones could be a way to transition into that conversation.

        “Hey, dad, will you buy me these?”

        “Um…why?”

        “11 and 6 dad. I need them for 11 and 6. Y’all ain’t subtle.”

    • WolfmanEightySix@piefed.socialEnglish
      9·
      5 days ago

      Yeah, if they don’t care or realise that they’re shagging to loud, they aren’t going to realise if they’re told subtly.

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
    34·
    5 days ago

    Play some Gilbert Godfrey Gottfried comedy albums while they are going at it. His voice should kill the mood.

  • Migmog@lemm.ee
    16·
    5 days ago

    Get an airhorn and when they get super loud give it a few blasts and scream “gooooooooaaaal!” At the top of your lungs. Max volume. Do it each time they get loud. If they ask you what you’re doing say you’re watching Euro footie.

    • overload@sopuli.xyz
      5·
      5 days ago

      Genuinely I think the right answer is to have something really loud and off-putting for them (especially her) and an air horn perfectly fits the bill.

  • Bizzle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    5 days ago

    Just ask him to keep it down? “Dude I’m pumped for you and all, but I’d really appreciate it if you guys could kick it down a notch”

        • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          2·
          5 days ago

          Imagine midway in sex being thrusted into silently to that beat

          I don’t know if I’d be mad or start laughing

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      When dad’s going down on her:

      HOLY DIVER!

      You’ve been down too long in the midnight sea

      Oh what’s becomin’ of me

      No, no, ride the tiger

      You can see his stripes but you know he’s clean

      Oh don’t you see what I mean

      HOLY DIVER!

  • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
    13·
    5 days ago

    Just ask him what he’s doing when she makes those noises, because you want to try it out on your girlfriend (or have your boyfriend do it to you, either/or, I ain’t gonna judge).

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    15·
    5 days ago

    Start coughing loudly and see if they’re sharp enough to infer what that means (if they can hear you, you can hear them).

  • guy@piefed.socialEnglish
    141·
    5 days ago

    Either ‘I can hear you fuck, keep it down.’ or ‘JFYI the walls are thin.’

  • Snowstorm@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    5 days ago

    If you look at this situation from an older mindset, i am above thirty, you would definitely tell them in a very direct and short conversation. Maybe even be playful about making them feel guilty, that’s what most people with more life experience would do.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    206·
    5 days ago

    Do you know if your dad has been snipped? If not, you had better move out if you are able to. Because otherwise you will end up being free child care in about a year …

      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
        109·
        5 days ago

        You reacted to their vote count barely 10min after they posted.

        Also you’re not “free childcare.” It’s called taking care of your (half-)sibling. You’re not obligated to but taking care of family is not the same as babysitting.

        • andrewta@lemmy.world
          106·
          5 days ago

          “Not obligated”. Tell that to the teen who wants to live their life but is stuck home every Friday night to watch their siblings.

          Can they help once in a while ,yes.

          But too many parents become seriously self entitled, and before anyone claims I’m not that old, so how would I know? I’m over 50. Fair amount of experience with entitled people.

          And not calling it baby sitting and trying to call it “taking care of the sibling” is just splitting hairs.

          • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
            75·
            5 days ago

            I was 1 of several kids I don’t need a lecture and I don’t know why your base assumption is that this is guaranteed to happen to OP.

            It’s not babysitting when it’s family. In fact I get pretty upset when someone describes me as “babysitting” my kids. I’m being a parent. It’s not the same thing, it’s not splitting hairs.

            I don’t care if people have children or not that’s their prerogative but anti-natalism is seeping into everything these days it seems.

            • andrewta@lemmy.world
              27·
              5 days ago

              Look at the number of up vs down votes. That should tell you where the thoughts are of others. Have a nice day.

              • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
                52·
                5 days ago

                You can’t be serious.

                Even if we concede that somehow magic internet points are indicative of “who is correct,” which is absurd but let’s just give you that one, you’re talking 4-6 up/down on the most weighed in comment. The rest are 2-2, 1-1, 1-0. All of those downvotes are YOU by the way after the initial comment, I haven’t downvoted anything of yours.

                Congratulations. You are Correct :TM: by your narrow, arbitrary definition. Well done. Good Job.

  • OfCourseNot@fedia.io
    142·
    5 days ago

    Well I’m inferring your dad’s not a young lad anymore, twice a day is quite impressive even more at 6 o’clock! I think they’re a bit in the honeymoon phase, it’ll mellow eventually*.

    But to answer your question I have two options: -Tell him to lower the volume or pick some time you’re not home IF it’s your home, as in your dad has come to live with you or you are roommates, or you are too young to live by your own. -But IF it’s his home and you are old enough then get your own flat/room or some good headphones and let them enjoy life.

    *Or not, I don’t know your dad or his girlfriend. Wish them the best tho.