Sex File: I'm worried my son will hear us 

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Q. I've been with my boyfriend for two years. I'm a widow with a son; he is divorced with no kids. We don't live together. Pre-Covid we'd go for sexy weekends away and my son would stay with his friends. Now that we can't do that, the only place we can be intimate is at my home. But I find it hard to let my hair down during sex when my son's in the house.

A. You don't say what age your son is, so he could be six, or he could be 16. That obviously makes a difference in terms of his level of attachment to, or dependence on, you.