flatmate and her bed....

CorkLady1983

hi ladies...not sure if this belongs here, mods please feel free to move if it doesn't....

my flatmate has a very active sex life which is great for her, however when her and bf are expressing their desire for each other, her bed bounces off the wall something unreal....I can here the whole thing from start to finish every time..it's actually kind of embarrassing...how can I broach the subject without offending anyone if that's possible ????

Jules

Ask her to move her bed!

Toots

Sneak into her room during the day and move the bed about an inch away from the wall, should do the trick and she'll probably never notice.

Snowie

Toots85 wrote: »

Sneak into her room during the day and move the bed about an inch away from the wall, should do the trick and she'll probably never notice.

that wont work because the bed will make its way to the wall again

Op theres a number of technicks is it the bed or her or booth....

*supress afterhours sence of humor...*

mikemac

She can move the bed to the other wall, preferably a wall that doesn't separate from another roommate.

Just ask, she won't mind

CorkLady1983

snow-monkey : just the bed...

mike-mac: there is no way I would go up to someone and say hey I can hear ye hard at it by the way the headboard is moving...:D

Snowie

what type of bed is it ....

if its one you can take apart...?.

Loosen a few key bolts and nuts......

RxQueen

CorkLady1983 wrote: »

snow-monkey : just the bed...

mike-mac: there is no way I would go up to someone and say hey I can hear ye hard at it by the way the headboard is moving...:D

then it looks like you're going to have to buy ear plugs !

OP just ask her in the nicest possilbe way

mikemac

Applaud the two of them after each performance and give them marks out of ten, they'll get the message
You can shout this from your room.

chocgirl

Play dumb and keep complaining of some unusual noise that's driving you mad, think creaking radiators or the like. If you keep saying it she'll figure it out and try to rectify it. Would be a lot easier to casually mention it though!

Toots

Toots85 wrote: »

Sneak into her room during the day and move the bed about an inch away from the wall, should do the trick and she'll probably never notice.

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

that wont work because the bed will make its way to the wall again

Op theres a number of technicks is it the bed or her or booth....

*supress afterhours sence of humor...*

Ah fudge, I forgot the most important part of this plan! In the inch or so of space between the bottom of her bed (bit that's on the floor) and the wall, wedge something like a piece of wood or a door stop. That'll stop the bed sliding back across while they're doing the no pants dance.

Joey the lips

mikemac wrote: »

Applaud the two of them after each performance and give them marks out of ten, they'll get the message
You can shout this from your room.

Love this one, This has to work. dont forget the Wooo Hooo just before hand.:D Its a shame you can only rate threads ah heck ****** theres 6 stars

Shinbob

mikemac wrote: »

Applaud the two of them after each performance and give them marks out of ten, they'll get the message
You can shout this from your room.

Absolutely excellent idea, laughed my head off

seanybiker

mikemac wrote: »

Applaud the two of them after each performance and give them marks out of ten, they'll get the message
You can shout this from your room.

Dont forget to shout. "jaysus that was quick"

mickeymoney

How loud are they? covertly record and then attach a sample sound file to this post?

A pillow or some foam behind the head board can do the job.

MJOR

perhaps put a pair ks behind the headboard while she is out

Malari

I think the most effective and discreet method is to "bang" back, so to speak. Hammer on your wall every time you hear banging coming from her room and she might get the message. I have used this technique effectively in the past and it gets round having to actually say something

jenizzle

or a simple yet effective 'I sound like I'm joking but I'm really serious' message sometimes does the job... "jaysis, you must have had fun last night from the amount of noise coming from yer room *nudgenudge*"

Professey Chin

mikemac wrote: »

Applaud the two of them after each performance and give them marks out of ten, they'll get the message
You can shout this from your room.

Did somethin like this before and it worked perfectly.
Just shouted "Ah for fu*k sake, you can do better then that" when they were finished. Cue silence for the rest of the night, red faces in the morning and a room rearrangement even though I didnt live there

colly10

Ye may as well just say it to her, I can't see why she'd find it embarassing, it's not like she thinks ye don't know what they get up to anyway.
Just ask her to move the bed away from the wall and say it like ye think nothing of it

Malari

colly10 wrote: »

Ye may as well just say it to her, I can't see why she'd find it embarassing, it's not like she thinks ye don't know what they get up to anyway.
Just ask her to move the bed away from the wall and say it like ye think nothing of it

Yeah, how is she not acutely aware of the noise she is making? She probably is. Maybe she is hoping you will ask her about her fabulous sex life

ellebelle

Oh for gods sake grown a pair and just ask her to move her bed. Seriously most of us that have house shared have had to deal with this as some stage. Sex is noisy and I am sure she won't mind one bit BUT only if you approach this the right way. A tongue in cheek approach is probably the right way.

hullaballoo

OP, just play It's Not Fair by Lily Allen really loudly. It'll defo put them off. (I'm serious, some embarrassing loud music does the trick.)

NeMiSiS

Mate of mine had the same problem, but with a guy living in the house.

He started bangin on his door when he'd be at it screaming 'Stop stop your killing her!' ... Try that!

Failing that - Join in.

MissFitz

I think you should just come straight out and say that the noise bothers you. It's not like they don't know you can hear them anyway!! They probably just don't realise how much it annoys you.

Rozabeez

Sticking a pillow between her headboard and the wall is probably the best idea.

siobhanc

when I was in college it was discovered that one of my housemates had a load of socks sellotaped to her headboard...she maintained it was because her boyfriend was tall and everytime he moved around in bed it banged the headboard off the wall....she expected us to believe her :P...we could still hear them down in the kitchen

onemorechance

mickeymoney wrote: »

How loud are they? covertly record and then attach a sample sound file to this post?

A pillow or some foam behind the head board can do the job.

Pillows work every time!

Dragan

mikemac wrote: »

Applaud the two of them after each performance and give them marks out of ten, they'll get the message
You can shout this from your room.

I find the best thing to do is a good Braveheart impression. Wait until the cadence indicates they are nearing the climax and then start shouting "HOLD!!!!!!" in your best "Mel Gibson being Scottish" voice.

Thumpette

this happened to a friend of mine a couple of years ago (she was a noisy flatmate)

She was living with this couple who apparantly had sex once every two weeks on a wednesday night- regular as clockwork!

They left her a note advising that they could hear every moan and creek and would appreciate more consideration! She was mortified but it was probably a good enough way of doing it- without the horrible face to face element! They were probably only jealous tho cos it put the spotlight on their less than enthusiastic sex life!

I used to hear my ex flatmate all the time- very noisy- but we were friends so we were able to have a joke about it.

almost choked laughing at the scoring suggestion! priceless!

MarthaT

I would simply discuss it with her, maybe she could move her bed

minidazzler

I assume they are simply plaster board walls yes? If so, then unfortunately the only real way to stop the noise is a bit of Soundproofing. But you would have to soundproof her side not your own. The way I did mine was by Hanging all my T-shirts against all the walls and just taking them down as I want to wear them. It stops the sounds of a Guitar, so why not her No Pants Dance.


However you will probably find that she is unlikely to hang T-shirts all over her room, so I suggest you Download some of Liz Phairs older song's. Particularily "Fcuk and Run" and blare it as they are doing the deed. She will get the message.

Crumble Froo

ill echo what others have said about pillows, we used to have to wedge a pillow in between the headboard and wall, til i got home one day to find a a teatowel taped to the headboard, not had to do the pillow thing since.

worded

This could be the answer ...

Tape this to the back of their head board.
http://www.otherlandtoys.co.uk/images/horn800.jpg

Dublinstiofán

Just walk in next time and say right either i join in or you shut up..

zuroph

niiiiiice!

lisaface

mikemac wrote: »

Applaud the two of them after each performance and give them marks out of ten, they'll get the message
You can shout this from your room.

^^^

I've done this before. My bf used to always shout, "nooo nooo matt you're killing the poor girl noooooooo"

It was quite funny!

who007

At one time I didn't have a stereo and one of the girls I shared with knocked on my door and held out her and her boyfriend's spare one. She asked that I play some music next time my gf was staying over. I got the hint!

blinding

Is there any way you could download sound and possibly imagery to the internet and make some dough.

Xiney

barkingmadlolly

mikemac wrote: »

Applaud the two of them after each performance and give them marks out of ten, they'll get the message
You can shout this from your room.

Brilliant suggestion! Failing that, jokingly bringing it up should sort it out. Failing that, can you move your bed to the other side of the room and ask her to help? say that the darn radiator pipes banging are doing your head in and she needs to help you move the bed - she should get the hint

CorkLady1983

blinding wrote: »

Is there any way you could download sound and possibly imagery to the internet and make some dough.

could post if on one of them amateur porn websites or youtube:D thanks for all the suggestions guys, was only expecting this post to get a handful of responses...

minidazzler

so did you take any of the advice??? What's their reaction?

CorkLady1983

welll folks I broached the subject eventually, told her that my mother was coming to stay soon, and that I'm sure she wou;dn't want people knowing her "private" business.. She was a bit ok..sorry, whats the big deal, but I was like my mother can't be hearing that...