Sex File: How do we have a love life with a teenager in the house?

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Our daughter is 13 and it's like sharing the house with a little puritan. She likes to sit on the sofa with us but retches if we even hold hands, and she's still rattling around in her room when we go to bed. Our sex life is suffering. What do we do?

The teenage years can be a trial for many marriages. To be honest, I'm surprised your 13-year-old daughter wants to share the sofa with you in the evenings. Most teenagers are locked in their bedrooms, glued to a phone or a tablet. You can console yourselves with the fact that it is a temporary situation. By the time she is 16 she will be much more interested in her own love life than yours, so hang in there.