For some context, we’re all adults. And by ‘housemates’ i mean my dad and step-mom. Now, what i know some of you will get stuck on is the ages. My dad is 46, my step-mom is 26-27. and im 22 (F). They’ve been together for almost 7 years now.

My parents are divorced, and I dont earn enough money, or have enough friends, to find a way to move out. My parents live 15-20 mins away from each other, and I work at the same office as my mother. I can’t drive (no license) so i tend to stay the few nights between work with my mother (typically tuesday night to thursday) and spend the weekend at my dad’s.

At my dad’s, i get my own room fully decorated with posters and pictures, the closet is full of my clothes. At my mom’s, i share the room with her, separate beds, but limited space. My mom likes to keep the room organized, so i tend to keep my limited items hidden. My mom also has a boyfriend, but she goes to his house to sleepover.

Now about my dad’s house. Those walls are thin. I can clearly hear the water in the pipes in my ceiling. I hear every voice, every footstep, i hear every car that passes, every person and child walking around outside. My dad owns a type of surround sound speakers, that quite literally vibrates the walls.

Let’s be clear, getting horny and what not is not what im mad at. I can understand that. But for some reason, my dad and step-mom seem to wait till the weekend to do anything. The only few days that I’m there.

Now usually, It only happened maybe once a month. But this past weekend, they did it two days in a row. The days leading up to this, they had gone on a birthday trip to Las Vegas for three-four days. Which, you’d think they would have done it there. But no.

Now i tend to spend my mornings in silence. I usually wake up between 8:30 - 10:30 am, to use the bathroom and i lay back down and read books on my phone. Typically, I lay down with no background noises, besides whatever noise is happening around the house and outside. And it stays like that for a few hours. Since I’m not making any noise, besides me twisting and turning in bed, they obviously assume i’m back asleep. and then they tango.

When i say i hear everything, i mean EVERYTHING. Every thrust, every vocal moment. So to block out the sound, i will turn on my tv and pull up youtube to play someone’s compiled music playlist videos, at 25-35 volume. And at a certain volume, my speakers rattle and vibrate. And i turn it down once i can hear their shower start running.

While they haven’t complained about this yet, i wanted to see if what i’m doing is assholey.

Now let me answer some questions that might come up. “Just leave?” i cant. i cant drive, and i have to pass their room to get to the front door unless i escape through my window, which ive blocked with furniture, and it’ll take me a few minutes to get dressed.

“just move out?” i only work one job at the moment, getting paid $18.50 an hour, usually between 6-7:30 hours daily, and lately ive been working 2-3 days a week. Any and all friends i have live with family still or already have roommates. Plus i have too many things that ive collected over the years, im a forgetful hoarder, so every drawer is filled. I’ve even had to split my clothes from summer and winter. So one season is in my tiny closet and the other is stored under my bed or in the extra bedroom (which is next to mine and just as close to their master bedroom)

“move in with your mom?” again, i have way too much stuff and she likes to keep things looking clean, neat, and organized. I am her opposite in this factor. Im a messy organizer. While i try my best to keep my floor clean, i tend to let dirty clothes overflow out of the hamper, i even have a second hamper for clean clothes that sits for weeks at a time full with wrinkling clothes. And, to me is the biggest factor, my mom snores. loudly. I have a harder time sleeping during my work week while i stay with her for this reason only, and i guess my bed mattresses are different.

Let me know what i can do to avoid these. I would like to not have a ‘sex talk’ with my father though.