Sex, when you’re a parent, can be a bit tricky. It’s fairly typical to discover that when one of you is raring to go, the other wants bed socks and a cup of tea.
Finding the right time and opportunity, well, let’s just say sometimes you have to get creative. You need to adapt or die. Otherwise, routine sets in, and let’s face it, when you find something that works for you, you stick to it – sometimes long after it quits working.
Mix it up now and again, though, and you may find that ‘something’ that accommodates your relationship as people, not just as parents.
Try spontaneity
It really is OK for the kids to watch their favourite movie again, make sure they are nice and safe when you and you’re significant other, steal away time together. Or…
Flat-out lie to them
No need for “daddies nipped out (and in) for 5 minutes” as you both hide behind a locked bathroom door. Need help working out the perfect time?
Send your partner a meeting request
No, this isn’t cheesy, and yes, it can build anticipation. Just make sure his or her PA doesn’t read the notes. #Awkward.
Sometimes though sexual multitasking can get too much and you need to be alone.
Away from small people!
With that in mind, here are our Top 5 picks on the best local-ish Hotels for Hot, Steamy Sex. Scream as loud as you like from these rooms and only worry about room service knocking at the door to deliver more bubbles.
Intercontinental at the O2
The Intercontinental at the O2 is one of London’s Sexiest hotels for dinner, cocktails and steaming up the floor-to-ceiling windows on some of the rooms that overlook the Thames. Pricey but well worth it. Exhibitionism at its finest.
DoubleTree Greenwich
DoubleTree Greenwich has an opulent velvet-clad bar area making it the perfect place to “pick up” your partner and then disappear upstairs to a room. (Naughty) Rooms are modern and come with great views and 24-hour room service.
Shangri-La Hotel
The Shangri-La Hotel London Bridge lives in a phallic-shaped building – need we say more? The sheets are 600-thread-count. You may find the decor a bit corporate, but you won’t find Lego on the floor. So, if “away on business” is your fantasy one-nighter, this bad boy ticks the boxes.
The Hoxton
The Hoxton in Holborn is one of the only hotels in London to offer check-in at 10 am and out again by 4 pm, so if you’re after a quick or an extended lunch, then this is our pick for you. Ask for a shoebox room and get up close and very personal.
Sanctum Soho
Try the Sanctum Soho if you want dirty disco sexy with a bathtub in the room. Book the Junior Suite, and it’s now you see me, now you don’t metallic curtains. Mirrors everywhere, with some rooms coming with revolving beds and a no questions asked policy. This used to be an MI5 building.
Whatever venue you plum for, enjoy your session and thank us later.
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