I caught my daughter having coitus and felt sick, is it normal?

I have three daughters and a son. My youngest two daughters (18 & 20) still live at home. My son is 22 and my oldest daughter is 24. My oldest is married and is in graduate school. She lives two - two and a half hours away from home. She and her husband came to visit Thursday- Sunday. We had planned to go to a museum early Friday morning so we all went to bed early (around 9P.M.).
My wife and I layed in bed for a good hour and we couldn't get to sleep. We both assumed that our daughters were all asleep.So we went downstairs to watch a movie my wife had picked up called "Mama." As we rounded the corner to turn into the living room we saw our daughter receiving oral sex. We both immediately turned around and went back to our room. As embarrassing as this is, I shed a tear or two and felt sick. I know my daughter is married BUT the sight of her engaging in sexual activity was horrifying for me as well as my wife.

Is it normal for me to feel sick and upset that I saw my daughter being intimate?

I know she's married but I think its disrespectful of her and her husband to be intimate in her parent's living room. I can't stop them from being intimate but I don't want to see or hear it. My wife thinks its no big deal that she was in the living room doing that. To me its a big deal because I saw it. My younger daughters could have walked in and saw as well. My younger two look up to my oldest daughter. If they saw and/or knew that she was intimate in the open I worry they may think its okay/cool and do it as well. Am I overacting?

Should I talk to my daughter about where she does this? I would like to but I don't want to embarrass her.

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  • Rachaelraven

    Yes, it's normal to feel sick/uncomfortable about it, even if she is married and you know she's having sex. I doubt she'd be to thrilled seeing you and your wife going at it either. But knowing and seeing it are two separate things. I think since you knew your daughter was having sex but not actually witnessing it you could put it out of your mind. If I were you, I wouldn't bring it up unless she tried to talk to you about it. But personally I agree with you, what the hell was she doing having sex in your living room? I would never do that at my parents house... But since she's an adult I just don't see how you would be able to talk to her about it??? I think you should just try to ignore it. I have experienced similar embarrassing/sickening instances of my own and eventually if you try to take your mind off of it it will begin to fade. The last thing you want to do is to make a big deal of it, especially since it sounds like your wife doesn't want to get involved. I know it's hard, but try to relax - is sex really that big a deal?? It is a natural function even if it is awkward.

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  • robbieforgotpw

    I sharted laughing

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    • robbieforgotpw

      Having coitus? Ahahahaha
      *power manures his pants full

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  • Eas1206

    Hate to say it but your younger daughters are probably already doing it.

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  • tripw7

    I take the side of your wife. When a couple is young, oral sex is something that is much more open than when we were newly married. (I wouldn't have even thought of it.....maybe if I were horny as hell....) Anyway, put it out of your mind. They are married after all. Be thankful that you didn't see your youngest daughter getting the same procedure. (It's not that unusual, especially after Clinton's experiences)

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  • JuiceMaker

    sometimes people get really horny im sure they would have rather not done it in the living but they proberly fought that was the safest place and i wouldn't worry about your other daughters there proberly aready into that stuff

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  • TwoThumbs

    There's nothing that will teach her a lesson more than letting her know that she needs to be smarter about where she's having sex.

    See this is one of those situations...that I find hilarious. This is straight out of a movie...but a fairly common occurrence. Its ok for her to have sex with her husband. Its ok with her have sex with her husband at her parents house. It is NOT OK for her to get caught having sex with her husband by her parents. Her problem is that she was having sex with her husband in a PUBLIC area of the house.

    Your daughter had a horrible lapse in judgement and she should pay the piper. Her punishment is her father telling her the following "Honey we need to talk. You're going to want to sit down."

    At this point she is going to be freaked out. What could it be? She has no clue and probably 1000 different scary things going through her mind.

    "I love it when you and Dave(whatever his name is) come to visit. However, there is something very important that I need you to know." Here you take another pause....Let her come up with her own ideas as to what you could be talking about.

    "I'm very happy that you two have a great relationship. What I am not happy about is that you are expressing to each other how great your relationship is on my couch. What I'm even unhappier is that I had to walk in and see this. If you would like to continue to express yourselves in my house...I would appreciate it if you kept it to private areas....(wait for it)....of the house."

    Bam. Hopefully she will understand the full grasp of what you walked in on. She needs to feel that embarrassment that only a father can give. I promise you. SHE WILL NEVER DO IT AGAIN. You need to make this a game for you. Because this is going to be hilariously fun for you.

    Oh and maybe sprinkle in the following words... intercourse....oral....copulation....grand-kids.

    You're welcome

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    • Your daughter had horrible scary things have sex with her husband at her parents PUBLIC area to continue to express embarrassment, and only the couch is going to be freaked out?

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      • NotStrangeBird

        My couch committed suicide after what I did on it.

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        • April=)

          hahahahahahahahahehehohohehahahoheoa thats funny.

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    • jass4444

      Hey wake up. All your kids are of age!!! Embarrased yes but if your folks didn't have sex this would be an issue now would it. Grow up!! What do you think they should say to you when they heard you and the wife having sex thru the walls???? Now you know your daughter is happily married for now at least. If you never want to see her again say something otherwise keep quiet about it. If it becomes a regular occurrance when you two can't seem to sleep then bring it up . . . diplomatically of course.

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    • LaughinSkull

      Agreed. I don't believe in ignoring it and this seems the best way to tell her. But tell it just like in this post, calm and to the point.

      As for all the other people who say ignore it, what the heck is the matter with you? My parents are old fashioned and if I pulled something like this, it doesn't matter how old I am my dad would be chasing me around the house with a golf club.

      Plus is she is an adult and married, I assume she is a mature individual. If that is the case, she should be able to handle a conversation with her father about something that bothers him, especially something that is reasonable. If he was upset at her engaging in sexual activity at all that would be a different story, he has accepted that, but he doesn't want to see it. Likewise there are other kids in the house to whom she sets an example for.

      If it were me, I'd want to know if I did something to upset my father, and I'd hope even if it were embarrassing he would talk to me about it. Whatever you do, be honest and treat her like any other adult. What would you do if it were a friend and his wife who stayed over and had sex in your living room?

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      • jass4444

        You miss the point I think. They are married!! They are aloowed to have sex. Afterall it was the parents sneaking around thinking their 24 yo old married daughter was asleep! Maybe it was inappropriate for them not to go out to the back yard and have sex!!

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        • TwoThumbs

          I think you're missing the point. A father expects his daughter to have sex with her husband. He does not expect her to have sex on his couch....where he can happen upon their encounter.

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  • DragonQueen

    Off with her head! damn harlot! she will b flogged at my command.

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  • Jeez I just read my post. I came off a bit strongly I apologize; it wasn't my intent.

    I just get totally baffled by 'parents' that think their daughters are 'cute little angels'.

    This poor guy has no clue. When I was younger 'very young' girls would jump on me and we'd get it on. Even at my age now as a man young girls still want to hook up with me but I won't because it's not legal and I don't need that kind of static. I'm talking waaay younger than what's legal here in the states. The truth is the human body doesn't know a number. People are attracted to each other or they aren't. Age means nothing with regards to attraction.

    This country is very immature about sex which is pathetic in my opinion. Thank goodness for the internet. This poor guy needs to google some young girl action to see how girls really are.

    I bet he can't even count all of the young girls getting it on. There's too many and they love it.

    Nothing wrong with that.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    coitus snigger.

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  • Ilovewinter12

    I'm actually surprised that you felt sick.
    Usually, with posts on IsItNormal.com, the poster would say something like " I caught my daughter naked and I was aroused!"

    But, yes, I would also feel sick at catching someone having sex, related or not, and I think it's disrespectful of your daughter to do something like that in the living room. I mean, she could of went to her own room at least.

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  • BlueJeansWhiteShirt

    Humans are fucking animals. They will have sexual activity pretty much anywhere if the mood takes them.
    And it is okay for your daughters to think it's okay to take part in sexual activity. They are 18 and 20. Chances are, they already have!
    I'm not sure what it's like to be a dad, and never will clearly, but it is normal for dads to be protective over their daughters. I'm nearly 20 and if my dad found out about my sexual history I think he would be very sick too.

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  • I think the word you meant to use was cunniligus. Coitus is penile/vaginal sex.

    My opinion? Lighten up. I wouldn't want to see that either, but I do hope my daughter has a happy, fulfilling sex life when she grows up and gets married. Might be risky getting caught like that, but young people tend to be adventurus. Explaining a healty marital relationship is easy enough to do if the younger ones caught them.

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    • Couman

      Yeah. And also "having coitus" sounds very silly even if it meant the right thing.

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  • LilyAmongTheThorns

    One does not simply... have... coitus.

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  • gregjm

    Probably a typical father reaction. But she is married, so get used to it.

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  • Avant-Garde

    Normal to feel sick. If I caught any kid of my having sex, I would feel sick too. I know she's married, but I have to agree with you in that it was disrespectful to you, your wife and the home to have it where they had it. If they had to do it, it should have been done in the bedroom. It would have been more discreet.

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  • captblood44

    no enough info. did they have their own room and they chose to "eat" in the living room? when i built my house, i purposely put my room on the other end of the house, specifically for this reason. both ways. was there a room available. no, then kick one of your other daughters out of their room and give your married daughter some privacy. serves you right to get sick. think, man, think.

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  • Cellbiologyphiliac

    It's normal to feel the way that you did when you witnessed that happening to your daughter. All's I'd do is set some boundaries if they are to stay in your home.

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  • bigloads

    At least you didn't start masturbating

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress

    Sick? Eh she's a married woman. You may want to accept that she's going to be doing more than holding hands.

    however at the same time, it's YOUR HOUSE. You have every right to tell her to do that in her own home not yours.

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  • Adamm

    Feeling sick is a strong reaction to something so harmless and suggests some repression in the father witnessing the daughter. The extremity of being "horrified" suggests a measure of unnecessary hysteria.

    Some brief embarrassment or flustered discomfort would be a normal reaction, followed later by a shrug and acceptance: she is, after all, a grown woman behaving normally.

    She had every reason to expect privacy in the living room since it was over an hour since everyone had gone to bed. There was certainly no "disrespect" shown. The father's response is an over-reaction. Calm is advised.

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  • tuvwxyz

    Thats normal, they are married and they had an intimate moment thinking no one would come down and see them. Just be glad they are married and love one another. Laugh it off for gosh sakes!!! It could be way worse. And another thing, the harder you are on telling the ones you love, and married btw, on what two people who are in love can and cant do in your house, the farther u push them away. No one became blind did they?! Joke about it with them and tell them like adults to at least cover up and dont blind our family! They'll catch on and no ones feelings got hurt. Havent you ever been in love???? Your grown up kids, believe it or not understand more than the older generation plus theyd probably laugh it off.

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  • caturday

    I think it's normal

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  • watcher2005

    Take it easy. I think back at what Mrs & I did at her house when we were 17...naughty. Your daughter is married. They thought everyone was asleep. The house was quiet. They wanted to play on the couch like they used to when they were in school before they were married. Give 'em a break. Clearly you need to loosen up a little. Your daughter is a newlywed barely out of college. Newlyweds have sex. It was only a couple of years ago she was having casual sex and giving BJs to the guys for fun.

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  • nakedman

    Whats that?

    XD

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  • RoseIsabella

    Don't ya'll have a guest room?

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    • shuggy-chan

      I thinking it was the "thrill" of being caught was why it may have happened

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      • RoseIsabella

        Ya know I've never really understood that particular thrill.

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      • summerfun69

        I thrill by being caught by strangers' not your parent's. Lack of self-control, and respect. You can try to qualify it anyway you want. No mature adult, is going to perform any form of sexual activity in their parents home

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        • NotStrangeBird

          That's why I only fuck on my parent's roof.

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  • wait for me!

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  • Couman

    I can understand the disrespect aspect a little bit, but I really don't get why it would be sickening. (Unless it's her husband that you find disgusting, I guess?)

    I know you can't expect emotional responses to make sense all the time, but I find this, as well as similar things such as people being grossed out by the thought of their parents having sex, particularly baffling.

    Does the thought of your family members having sex at all mistakenly trigger incest aversion or something?

    (To be clear, I realize I'm probably the weird one here. It's one of those alternate universe things like lobsters in xkcd #1268.)

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  • KatieLiz

    It's normal you felt weird about it, and really they shouldn't have been doing it in the living room. However, it is completely ok for her to be engaging in that sort of activity, and you should know that.

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    • summerfun69

      Normal, but not in her parents home, especially the livingroom. That is something a teen would do.

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  • KnightTemplar

    Tell your daughter what you saw... She needs to know.. So she'll know not to mess up the next time! Even the husband is a jerk to allow it to happen in such an area of the house, and your two youngest daughters are probably already doing it.. So don't worry about them..

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