How do you have an active sex life after having kids?

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How do you have an active sex life after having kids?

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  1. frustratedhater Avatar

    Send them to their grandparents for a bit😅

  2. Hot-Astronaut-1203 Avatar

    Marriage isn’t 50/50, it is 100/100. You need to be all in all the time. Put each other first always. Flirt all day every day.

  3. East-Ad-4299 Avatar

    Take advantage of any free time or opportunity + try to schedule some time for yourselves

  4. love_sock Avatar

    Josef Fritzl found a way, but I don’t recommend it

  5. Accomplished_Eye_824 Avatar

    Do it when the baby sleeps. Do it when the toddler is solidly distracted with toys for 5 minutes

  6. tryinandsurvivin Avatar

    Three parents for four kids. One can distract the kids while the other two have fun. Alternatively we make time, plan dates, send kids to the grandparents for a weekend or more.

  7. LadyJenniferal Avatar

    A locking bedroom door and a white noise machine for the kiddo.

  8. DINGLEBERRYTROUBLE Avatar

    At bedtime/nap time. Or just locking the door and being quiet.

  9. Difficult_Car_5406 Avatar

    We waited until they were teenagers, can’t really recommend…

  10. Ride-F0R-Ruin Avatar

    What if your wife has a lowered libido, touched out and stressed over the world. I am an active parent and do as much as I can around the kids and house but my wife looks at that as a given and not that I’m going above and beyond

  11. spicy-gorgonzola Avatar

    After bedtime/before kid wakes up in the morning? We only have 1 though I imagine it might be harder with multiple

  12. alienalf1 Avatar

    I don’t.

  13. relditor Avatar

    Help each other get enough sleep, so when the kids go to bed you both have energy.

  14. AlternativeMessage18 Avatar

    Mornings on the weekend 

  15. Funny-Carob-4572 Avatar

    When the child sleeps.

    We have no family etc for her to stay with so it’s the only time, assuming we are not shattered by that time.

  16. Tim_and_Jel Avatar

    Vaseline. Not the way you think.

    Put it on the door handle so the little gremlins can’t get in.

    Joking love my kids more than anything.

  17. passwordistaco47 Avatar

    If it’s important to you then you find the time.

  18. Beneficial_Painter81 Avatar

    Buy your wife lingerie from time to time. That works for me

  19. mattdaddy2025 Avatar

    Wait 18 years until they leave home.

  20. surfsnower Avatar

    My kids are 18 and 19 now. Depending on your lifestyle and life depends on the best way. My wife and I would take off a random school day and do an all-day date together. Get the kids ready and put the door. Then get ready and go to brunch. The beach. Clothes shopping. Stuff like that. Its not a babysitter so you aren’t paying more. You get a LOT done and can take your time having fun with it. Plus when you get home you behave the house empty a few hours still. Always were the best days.

  21. AJray15 Avatar

    Define active? 1 or 2 times a month?

  22. sorrisodudinhaa Avatar

    Just put the kids to sleep. The only people who don’t have the same passion for their partner don’t have an active sex life.

  23. DropItLikeItsHotBear Avatar

    Date nights. Cars. Outdoors.

  24. 90GTS4 Avatar

    By continuing to bone, duh.

  25. Spirited_Block250 Avatar

    By putting the P in the V

  26. pilatesprincess222 Avatar

    First is don’t allow the kids to sleep in your bed. Set a bedtime routine, it’s relatively early. If you’re usually exhausted by that time get creative during the day. Turn on a movie and lock the door lol.

  27. Healthy-Sky-3684 Avatar

    Trust me, you’ll eventually get to the age where sex is no longer important. For those who doubt me, I didn’t think so either, but you’ll see.

  28. No-Celebration8588 Avatar

    Sounds silly, but a locking bedroom door really helps. We have an older house and didn’t know when we bought it that the bedrooms had working locks. Went to Ace and bought a skeleton key to try it out. When the little dead bolt popped out we were so excited!! Boom!!!, sex.

  29. read-my-comments Avatar

    Get divorced, share custody of the kids with your ex and fuck your brains out with a sexy new lover when the kids are with your ex.

    This worked great for me.

  30. Themeloncalling Avatar

    Back rubs turn X-rated 80% of the time. The other 20% is her falling asleep.

  31. jmward1984 Avatar

    Quietly. And teach them privacy and boundaries at a young age.

  32. TBK_Winbar Avatar

    Don’t be afraid to plan sex way in advance. Some people think that it takes the romance out of it, but you can’t afford to be impulsive when you’ve got kids.

    My wife and I still manage 2-3 times a week, and that’s after 12 years together with 2 kids.

  33. CellDesperate4379 Avatar

    make it a family affair.

  34. Queen-Mowleh Avatar

    Our son is 8 months so we might have it easier than those with older kids, but we go for some alone time when he has fallen asleep for the night

  35. I_heart_uranus Avatar

    Nite nite juice.

  36. SOMFdotMPEG Avatar

    We have 3 young ones and have sex on avg twice a week. Put the kids down, shower/get ready for bed, lock the door, sex, sleep….

  37. pdgggg Avatar

    Cut down on – not right now, let me just do this real quick fast – before sex. You see opportunity, take it. Otherwise it’s no way. There is definitely not a chance of you must pre-plan this. Quickies is the way to go.

  38. Workandsleep Avatar

    My son is 7. For us it’s always been after bedtime or set the alarm for 30 minutes prior to needing to get up in the morning. But our sex life was pretty heavily reduced in the first 3 years as it took my kiddo that long to start sleeping through the night.

  39. workerbee223 Avatar

    I think you have to accept having sex wherever you can find the time. Morning sex, before the kids have woken up. Afternoon sex when everyone else is out of the house. Late night sex when the kids have gone to bed.

    I feel like two partners who are really committed to each other will find the time.

  40. EastvsWest Avatar

    Communication and planning…

  41. LowDay861 Avatar

    why do you care.

  42. jdcii Avatar

    You choose to. Make it a priority.

  43. Murphythedirty Avatar

    You need to work on that as a couple.
    Where, when and how is just creative work😅

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  45. zerbey Avatar

    Take the time when they’re sleeping, and you also learn to do it quietly so you don’t wake the baby up!

  46. MKVIgti Avatar

    The main trick is to not get complacent and accept that “this is just how it is” after having children.

    You still need to have date night a couple of times a month. Time to focus on each other and keep things kindled. For the love of God, don’t call taking your kids with you to a local brewery date night! (This shit runs rampant where I live and it drives patrons who are looking for a little time to themselves nuts. It’s ruined a couple of fun local breweries, but that’s a whole different discussion.)

    Since it’s tough for spontaneous quality time with children, plan it! Or, just start using mornings as your time to play.

    Bottom line, MAKE time for it. Don’t let kids or tiredness get in the way. If you do, it won’t be long before it become the norm, and that’s not good for either of you.

  47. MonsieurPorc Avatar

    Make sure your wife doesn’t find out laughs in cringy uncle
    But seriously communication and quality time (have trusted people taking care of your offspings while you go make more)

  48. Booshur Avatar

    We have planned time each week.

  49. backwoodsking419 Avatar

    When they go to sleep

  50. spiffle4 Avatar

    My friend and her husband rush to have nap time quickies in the laundry room or whererever it makes sense and she says it’s the most fun sex era they’ve ever had.

  51. eScourge Avatar

    Me : “Fancy a bit of rough and tumble?”
    Her: “Ooh yes please! Tee hee hee”

  52. goodwil4life Avatar

    You can’t, that’s a myth

  53. ComicGenius1986 Avatar

    You just leave the kids with the wife

  54. PurplePickle3 Avatar

    Christ you all make having a kid seem miserable

  55. Available_Sundae_924 Avatar

    Happy to stand in if your like a 6/10, not married and std free.

  56. pieroggio Avatar

    I belive you won’t see this, but 1. Make your wife as well rested as possible. 2 Show her that you find her attractive both in subtle and direct ways. 3. Stay fit yourself.

    Edit: maybe it was just our thing but my wife was much more eager for sex after I cooked, and cleaned the kitchen and/or our apartment.

  57. LekTruk Avatar

    Come on, you can find an extra 90 seconds without your kids being around!

  58. Fant0mas_ Avatar

    Make sure the kids have plenty of friends and always approve of sleep overs

  59. Strange-Catch6862 Avatar

    Drop em off at granny’s for the weekend

  60. weneedalargership Avatar

    You have sex, actively.

  61. Quirky-Coyote-8399 Avatar

    carefully. lol its definitely possible just be careful you don’t get over excited and end up with another one.. I got pregnant 3 months past birth :/ .

  62. IampresentlyKyle Avatar

    Me and my ex would have sex once a day, but we had to make 20 minutes of time without the kids so it’s usually in the shower or we would both “need the bathroom” at the same time.

    Random blow jobs for each other during the day also helps.

  63. Life_Bit_4298 Avatar

    Bed time / nap time. Bathroom, while kids are watching cartoons.

  64. Camellightsinabox Avatar

    _Enforce_ your own right to personal time and privacy, and don’t be ashamed of what your doing.

    For parents with newborns to toddlers, if a baby is clean, has been fed, is in a safe space, and you have the ability to passively monitor it and be with it quickly should an emergency arise, then they will be perfectly fine for 15-20 minutes by themselves every once in awhile. Humans and other animals have been doing this with their offspring for literally millions of years.

    For parents with older kids, communicate your expectation of privacy, and explain to them what they might be walking into should they choose to interrupt. My wife and I have a rule that we communicate with our children: if it is past 9 pm, and our bedroom door is closed/locked, only knock/interrupt if it is an emergency, because we need some personal and private time amongst ourselves, and we might be being intimate in some form or fashion (sex or not).

    Also do not be ashamed of what you are doing. They are alive in the very first place because two people had sex, and they will grow up with a healthy understanding of romantic relationships if they are aware that their parents are occasionally intimate. There are 8 billion people on Planet Earth, and every single one of them are here because of sex. If your relationship is solid, and your are doing your best to do things in private, then there is quite literally NOTHING to be ashamed of.

    Dances With Wolves has a GREAT scene that encompasses the time period perfectly. Kevin Costner wakes up in the middle of the night in a hut at the native camp, and the chief and his wife are obviously having sex under a blanket. They notice Kevin is looking, so they stop and look at him like “bro wtf?!?”, so he looks away mildly embarrassed and tries to go back to sleep and they continue on.

  65. DanceDelievery Avatar

    That’s the fun part: You don’t.

  66. Arya-Grimura Avatar

    Nap time, bedtime, school time, saturday morning cartoons, baby gates in the hallway

  67. adhdprophet Avatar

    Say you’re just going to grab some milk then visit escorts

  68. ringo5150 Avatar

    Father of one here. My daughter is now 12 years old so i speak from some experience when I say I don’t know.

  69. HaloTutor Avatar

    wife and I have had 2 kids. Personally her labido is shot, but I have the sex drive of a teenager. I get her going “in the moment” but afterward we do our own thing like she writes and I get stuff done around the house.
    just need to put some effort into it or ask if the wife would like to have sex “when she isn’t doing anything.”

  70. Golemfrost Avatar

    Usually with my penis

  71. jspencer84 Avatar

    You prioritize it. I know that sounds hard to do, but you have to. Even if you’re tired at the end of the day and don’t feel like it, you have to choose to do it. I don’t mean like making a schedule, just go to bed and have sex. If your partner is your best friend and you enjoy each other’s company you won’t regret it. Once you’re done, you’ll be glad you did it. My wife and I go to bed tired all the time, but once we’re there and next to each other, touching each other, we just can’t help it, it happens, no matter how tired we are, or know we have to go to sleep, we do it and are always happy we did. Hopefully that makes sense lol.

  72. Leotardleotard Avatar

    Wasn’t this asked yesterday?

  73. -s1- Avatar

    Saturday morning cartoons

  74. Lollipopsaurus Avatar

    You have to prioritize it.

  75. Icy_Plan6888 Avatar

    Tell the kids when the hat is on the door knob don’t come in.

  76. PurposeCheap2058 Avatar

    While the kids are in school, while the kids are at grandparents for the weekend, when the kids go to bed or a quickie when the kids are distracted

  77. Chr3y Avatar

    Preparation. Towel and everything ready to go. Wait till kids sleep. Go at it.

  78. WTFwhatthehell Avatar

    Good locks, solid doors, walls with some decent sound insulation.

    That way you just lock the door to the basement and have date night without disturbance.

  79. Living_Bath4500 Avatar

    We have 3 kids and my husband starts bouncing off the walls if we go more than 3 days without sex. Which is great because after 2 days I’m doing the same.

    Right before the kids wake up in the morning is a big one for us. Sometimes we have 5 minutes, sometimes we have a whole hour. It gets interrupted. Which sucks but makes us want each other more later which is always hot.

    We make time at least 2-3 times a month to have an overnight babysitter. That way instead of just quick dirty morning sex (which I love) we can do something a little more kinky/romantic/passionate. I love wearing heels and lingerie. Basically just being a MIlF. And while I do wear lingerie at home, heels are a big no go.

    It’s almost like work. You have to make time. You have to put the effort in. Because it’s so easy to not make the effort. Kids are exhausting. I have 2 kids in diapers, 1 that’s breastfed, and a 7 year old that is a total mommy’s girl. I could very easily not prioritize sex but it’s important for our relationship.

    Lastly different things turn me on now. I was taking care of the baby one morning. My husband got my 7 year old ready for school, changed my 3 year old’s poopy diaper, and had a fresh pot of coffee ready for me. That was a turn on. So much so that I told him he needed to put another baby in me.

  80. clogan80 Avatar

    I thought parents invented sleepovers for this exact reason!

  81. WorldlinessDefiant83 Avatar

    We had a strict everyone has quiet time in their room for many years. I needed it for my sanity sometimes but it also made for sexy time. Kids didn’t have to nap, but you had to stay in your room for an hour or so.

  82. AMorder0517 Avatar

    Very discreetly

  83. Linulf Avatar

    Not at all, unfortunately

  84. Zealousideal-Swing44 Avatar

    That’s the fun part, you don’t

  85. Khanvo Avatar

    You have to wait till the body of the woman has healed properly. Wait at least a week after birth.

  86. redditisfacist3 Avatar

    It’s gets better when they are 2+.

  87. PastIndependent841 Avatar

    It’s was tough for my wife and I. For the two of us sex was fun,intimate, exciting. First pregnancy miscarriage, my wife and sex has never been the same. We have two beautiful children in their twenties. But pretty much a sexless relationship.

  88. uCry__iLoL Avatar

    Get a side piece.

  89. Gloorplz Avatar

    Lol..no no that ended 12 years ago.

  90. MangoDry7358 Avatar

    The amount of times I’ve been on the edge and then my son in the other bedroom starts crying…

    I cry too

  91. Hopeful-Counter-7915 Avatar

    Wait until they are sleeping or while
    They are in school

  92. Any_Excitement_6750 Avatar

    Help your partner to handle and you will have time for everything. I have 3 kids . One is grown up. At 7:30 I put the middle one to sleep and she puts the youngest one to sleep. We have around 2 – 3 hours for ourselves after they are asleep unless there is a nightmare.

  93. edahs Avatar

    It gets easier as they get older. Double points if you both work from home when they start going to school.

  94. GulfCoastLover Avatar

    Spooning still leads to forking.

  95. beniceyoudinghole Avatar

    We only have one, so maybe it’s easier, but we just make the time. Bedtime is usually it. He does his fair share with our child and in the household- which isnt a ticket to intimacy- but it helps take some stress off my shoulders and thats hot. I actively WANT him. I do oral a couple times a week, we have sex some.. he always makes sure I get off. No selfish loves for men or women- ladies, stop star fishing. Ladies, STOP faking it. Men- listen and realize if you didnt cum, youd not be as thrilled to hop on bed.

    He is the same amazing man that dated me. Imo, men go through all this and that wooing to get her and then do nothing to keep her. Theres a reason a bedrool dies, but suddenly shes banging left and right after your divorce ( and so are you). Youre wooing, and a new man is wooing her. Stop the disconnect. Yes its more effort, yes its tiring, but do you want a long, happy, sex filled marriage- or do you want a dead bedroom to blame on one person?

    Sex should be important, talk to each other! After kids, keep your expectations in check and communicate.

  96. alphagettijoe Avatar

    Quietly in the morning before they get up; sneakily in a bathroom, or when you go upstairs to take “a nap”; or loudly when the kids are away at a sleepover.

  97. Matthiasad Avatar

    When the kids are in bed. Also, ours are 8 and 11 and I can read their behavior and moods pretty well, so I can tell when they are really invested in what they’re doing. When they’re both super invested in something the wife and i will sometimes sneak away for a quickie too. Been married 16 years and have two kids, but we still have amazing sex 2-3times a week, sometimes more.