Sex File: His mum has moved in — and sex is out of the question 

"You are married, and your mother-in-law is an adult - so sabotaging your sex life because you are afraid of how she might react is a bit bonkers."

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As my husband's mother is increasingly frail and so more dependent on us, she has come to live with us. Her bedroom is next to ours, and it is affecting our sex life. 

We're both becoming frustrated. She wakes early and we hear her pottering about, so morning sex is off, and knowing she's close by means I'm rarely in the mood. What should we do?