You know, we were thinking maybe it’s time that we all get over the fact that we can hear our neighbors having sex. Though the ever-popular passive aggressive “your tantric sexcapades are making my pictures fall off my walls” neighbor notes are hilarious, they often cause more awkwardness than progress. So, why bother?
Cut writer Maureen O’Connor spoke loud and proud for us in her piece, "Do Not Apologize for Having Loud Sex" (or as we like to call it “The Merits of F*cking Loudly" :
“The whole point of being a wage-earning, home-owning (or -renting) adult is that you can do whatever you want to do in the privacy of your home.”
Standing ovation. Our hands sting from clapping.
Well said Maureen! She later points out that “the noisy part lasts only a few minutes,” which is significantly shorter than “colicky babies and barking dogs.” Understandably, you’d need to tone it down if you had roommates or kids – but neighbors? It’s not difficult for them to walk into a different room, or turn up the volume on their Evil Dead movie marathon.
Face it: we hear our neighbors do a lot, even pee. Hey, maybe now is a good time to take up meditation and banish those misplaced angry thoughts! (Or start having some scream-sex yourself.)
