A picnic tablecloth still full of food, no one on the horizon and a view of an inspiring sunny pond, like the bottle of rosé emptied on the grass, were enough to give them naughty desires.
"It was not planned, we will put it down to the arrival of spring," smiles Alan.
There were not many people in the aptly named gardens of Bagatelle, in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, on this last weekend of March.
A few hundred meters away, a lady walking her dog could not make out the two lovers frolic in the middle of nature.
The opportunity was too good.
“We wanted to at that time, there was no reason not to.
It was a very pleasant moment ”.
Making love outdoors brings back memories of warm evenings.
Where to come home is not necessarily an option when the desire is mounting.
Especially when it is difficult to have a welcoming home.
“Kissing outside, that was my lot for quite a few summers, Nicolas remembers enthusiastically.
When I was young, I always spent my holidays with friends at the campsite.
Even though I had my own tent, it was neither cozy nor very discreet to come home with a girl.
So we had to improvise ”.
On the beach, behind a rock or in a car, the law student at the time did not look very long for a place conducive to lovemaking: "It just had to be calm, I have no exhibitionist delirium and 'didn't want us to be surprised'.
Getting caught can be expensive
This is the basic rule of outdoor sex: be careful not to put on a show!
"Sexual exhibition imposed in the sight of others in a place accessible to the public is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros", specifies article 222-32 of the Penal Code. .
This being known, nothing prevents you from fornicating elsewhere than in the strict privacy of your bedroom.
The joys of outdoor sex guide young lovers who live with their parents as well as illegitimate couples, fiery late-night encounters or lovers in a hurry.
“I've always loved going to the parks in Paris at night with my girlfriends,” says Steven.
It's very easy to get into it and there is something very exciting about the forbidden.
I have fantastic memories and a few scares.
But since some gardens are open all night in summer, there are a few too many people there… ”
The world is precisely what Thierry is looking for.
The 50-year-old has been frequenting gay dating spots outdoors for years, in the Tuileries or in the Bois de Vincennes in Paris or in certain Normandy or Breton dunes.
“It has always existed in the gay community, but for a year and the closing of the bars, I have the impression that there are more people, he explains.
There is both the desire to meet and the excitement of consumption on the spot.
Being outdoors reinforces this feeling of freedom.
It's a thrill that I wouldn't want to do without ”.
"On a motorway rest area, hidden behind the car"
Some challenge themselves to take to the air to change their daily lives.
This is the case for Thomas and Stéphanie.
“We often spice up our sex life to avoid routine, slips the mother of two children.
Once, on our way home from a friends wedding, I took off my panties to turn on my husband who was driving.
It did not fail, we made love on the next motorway rest area, hidden behind the car ”.
Farid, he remembers a hot embrace in the courtyard of the building after a party.
“We hid under a sort of awning, we could distinctly hear people chatting through the window.
We were in our little bubble.
It was super exhilarating ”.
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The arrival of summer and light clothes is more conducive to impromptu love.
“We were cycling through a forest and it was super hot;
when my boyfriend took off his t-shirt during a break, it clicked, Clémence blushes.
Three minutes later, we were naked making love against a tree!
It's crazy that this is such a shared fantasy, when there is nothing really obvious and comfortable about having sex outdoors.
And yet, I have great memories of it.
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It is certain that pine thorns, sunburn on the buttocks, very invasive sand, or a sneaking nettle can easily spoil an embrace in the great outdoors.
In the end, this does not slow down the cravings that much.
A 2011 Harris Interactive poll told us that 37% of French people dreamed of having sex on a deserted beach and 29% in the middle of a clearing.
Théo, for his part, prefers the calm of the edge of the swimming pool that he has been renting with his girlfriend for several years in the Vaucluse.
"There is no vis-à-vis so as soon as we find ourselves alone, we take advantage of it," smiles the sports teacher.
You can swim naked and dry out in the sun.
Often things get out of hand.
Feeling the heat of the sun, the wind, the birds, is a very different context from the bed that we practice all year round.
It's very simple, and yet it seems exotic for urbanites like us.
When I think about it in the middle of winter, I feel like nostalgia ”.
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