Ease up with the kids, too . . .
brianW said:
I tend to hike with my kids....... There would of been some words exchanged if I saw this and my kids were present.
Actually, the people to exchange words with in cases like this are your kids. Think of it as a “teachable moment.”
I guess my approach would be to have the kids retreat from the summit for a bit, while letting the fully engaged couple know we’re there. Give the duo a reasonable chance to disengage and straighten up before even thinking about being confrontational over it. Not everyone who indulges in a bit of open air sport like that is a pervert or creep, so it might be a decent thing to give ‘em the benefit of a doubt on that score, until they demonstrate otherwise.
Fact is, this kind of stuff can happen at home.
Here’s an absolutely true story.
Many years ago, when our daughter, Prima Donna Grumpy was about 2-1/2 or 3 years old, Mrs. (Pretty) Grumpy and I were having an intimate moment when the house was quiet early on a Sunday morning. In the midst of this we did not hear the bedroom door open. Mrs. G nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt a tap on her shoulder and looked over to see PDG standing alongside the bed in her cute little bathrobe, looking very serious. That, of course put a halt to our adult business.
“Mom,” said PDG, with absolutely perfect word choice, “when you finish Dad will you get me breakfast?”
PDG turned out OK, by the way, morally, socially, psychologically and otherwise, despite that shocking episode.
G.
