Has anyone had RT in front of other family members or friends?

As far as I'm aware rectal temps were not uncommon particularly with young people in the US.

In the USA up to about 1980 or so it was very common for kids even into their teens to have rectal temps at home and the doctors office. My brother and I had rectal temps at our doctor's office to age 13 and mom just let use do our own after age 12 or so. I don't recall mom even having an oral thermometer. You might want to recall until the mid 80's they didn't have a small digital thermometer you could use at home, only glass ones. And the units the doctors had were very large and had long cords with the probes on them. So a lot of doctors didn't want to pay $1000's for a digital unit so kept using the glass ones.

Me an sis spied on each other as teens getting RTs

Of course, how can you keep this kinky erotica hidden from a child, were too damn curious as kids. I've spied on my sister, cousins and once saw my aunt getting one from grandma. I was 6 then, and I used to play in the porch area next to the guest room. So, one sunny afternoon I heard the inside door close, voices and when I peeked through screen window. There was my aunt laying face down spreadeagled. Full glory. My grandmother then approached her and inserted the thermometer. Mmmm. I have not forgotten that day.

No I have not

When I was 5, my mother took my temperature in front of two of my younger sisters.

This happened a few times as I was growing up. The last time I recall was at age 11. I had been spending part of my summer vacation with my Aunt Marcia, who was also my godmother. I came down with a bad summer cold and she took my temperature rectally over the course of two days and a couple of them were seen by my Cousin Katie, who was either 7 or 8 at the time. Frankly, I was so sick, plus Katie had seen me get spanked before, that I did not give much though to her seeing me nude below the waist.

Yes. Once when I was about 7 years old, I was playing with a friend after school at our child minder. She thought I didn't look that well... I was tired and looked pale. She said to me she had to check my temperature and went to the bathroom for the thermometer. After that she came back to our playing room and in front of my friend, I was asked to put my down my underwear. She sat on the sofa and I was lying over her knees while she inserted the thermometer in my bottom. At the same time, my friend was still playing at the floor in front of me...

I have a twin brother and as kids we were usually examined together and so we saw each other get our temps taken. I was always upset when my brother got sick but the nurse took my temperature too. If my brother got an injection then I did too and I really hated it. I guess they figured I was going to get sick too and it would save a second trip to the doctor.

Also, not strictly speaking "having my temperature taken", but the procedure at home was that mom would give me the thermometer and I'd insert it while disrobing under the bed sheets and this occasionally happened in front of other family members.

My younger sister saw me getting a rectal temp. I also let her give me one

Often when my sister and I were young. It either happened on the couch or in the bedroom. Nobody else was home. It was always my mom, sis and I.

Every RT was either in front of family or by family because they ended when I could hold a thermometer under my tongue.

When I was approximately 12 years old I had a RT in the hospital in front of my parents and my pastor.

My mother took my temperature on my bed usually with the door open. Sometimes my sister came in and she did see everything. But also the other way around I could walk in on her. I never really did mind that. She is my sister.

For some reason my mother didn't have any consideration for my feelings of modesty when I was a child.

It wasn't uncommon for me to get my temperature taken rectally in the presence of other adults (thankfully, never other children). Most common was with my grandmother present, and often my dad. There were other times in front of my aunt and uncle, and on a few occasions in front of neighbors who happened to be around at the time.

It was always the same routine: Panties, or pajama bottoms pulled down, over her lap, a glob of Vaseline, inserted in my bottom, and wait like that for about three to five minutes.

I didn't object as I knew it would do no good. At times I was embarrassed if the audience was other than my grandmother and my dad.

How times have changed. I think these days this would be considered to be child abuse.

Curious to see if others here are in agreement...

C.

The one and only time I recall a rectal temp was by my mom's friend (a nurse) who had come to visit us. I was sent to my room to wait for her and all the other kids in the house were nosing around the crack in the doorway to get a peek. Most of the kids were the nurse's children. I can only imagine then that this was somewhat common practise around their house. This event has stuck with me all this time.

When I was in elementary school our neighbor, a nurse, took my r/t a few times. She had a couple of pre-schoolers at home who saw but I think they were too young to care.

Connie davis: How old were you when this happened?

When I was really little, I probably also had my temperature taken in front of others. I have no remembrance of it, but I saw mom taking my younger brother's temperature. Basically, under 5 or so you're considered to have absolutely no privacy... ;-)

But otherwise speaking, my mom did not have much regard for children's privacy in front of herself or other "caregivers" (grandmothers, aunts...). We got spanked on the bare, we got suppositories, I got examined by her and auntie, etc. One difference with you is that this was always without friends or siblings - that is, to insert a suppository or spank one of us on the bare, she would take the child to a room where they would be alone.

One thing I found annoying with my mom is that she would sometimes discuss my conditions with relatives, fellow mothers, the physician or the pharmacist as though I was not there and did not have feelings. And other adults tended to behave the same - I recall this pharmacist calling her colleague very loudly for SOMETHING CHILDREN SUPPOSITORIES, I bet they don't do that for adult medicine, in front of the patient!

Similarly, even though the suppository insertion was private, she made no mystery about them in front of siblings etc. Like "after your dessert, Pecan, go to the toilet and wash your hands, I'll come with your suppo".

Was your case child abuse? I don't think so. Would it be considered so nowadays? Not necessarily, but I bet that in many locales this would be considered inappropriate.

Yes my cousin had the privilege of watching a thermometer sticking out of my 11 year old little butt. We were staying over at grandma's, and it seems I was feeling down while we were playing with the other kids. So down, that my cousin took it upon herself to convince my grandma she should take my temp.

My cousin is 5 years older than me, and that being said, she managed to convince my grandma to take my temp rectally since, you know, it's more accurate that way and I was still pretty young in their view. Of course, she didn't need to do much convincing it, and before I knew it, my grandma had me laying on my stomach in the guest bed in the living room, with my jeans pulled to my knees, and a thermometer sticking out of my butt, while she ran about her day.

To top it all off, I saw my cousin gazing at me through the window of the living room, from the outside, and couldn't stop tears rolling down my cheeks. I guess because of a combination of humiliation, embarrassment and feeling bad for not putting up a bigger fight against the idea and being so submissive. I was quiet through the whole thing, and I don't remember anything much happening afterwards, meaning I probably didn't have much of a fever anyway.

Was common in fron parents, the last time was furing birth in front of huband, sister and mom

Before my parents added 2 bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs, my cousin, Tara, and I shared my bedroom. I was 11 and she was 5. One day Tara had been in bed for most of the afternoon and mom took her rectal temp before dinner and when I was going to bed that night. While mom was holding the rectal thermometer in Tara's chubby little behind,

I suddenly sneezed, I told mom I was okay and for a moment I was relieved when mom went into the bathroom to clean the thermometer. To my horror, she returned with the thermometer which had a fresh coating of Vaseline on the silver bulb, which meant it was my turn. I tried to beg off but mom soon had me on my left side facing the wall, pajamas and panties down. Mom took my temp the same way she took Tara's, buttocks gently spread, thermometer inserted and held in place while Tara got her turn to watch me get my temp taken.

While I did not have a fever, the next day I had the sniffles which meant I got my temperature taken rectally right after Tara got hers taken. Luckily, I didn't have to wear pajamas like my younger cousin, but I still had to take down my pants & lie across my bed while Tara saw the thermometer sticking out of my 11 year old bottom cheeks like a popsicle stick! If any of you have followed my stories, this was before my visit to my neighbor, Kevin.

Yes i have, my mom sat in on my physicals when i was a kid.

No RT's, but wife was in exam room at my first DRE from my urologist. This was our first visit to him to deal with hematuria and he automatically did a prostate exam. After he removed malignant polyp from bladder, he's done many cystoscopies, but she was not with me. She did help ER RN insert a Foley into me. She held my penis straight while RN inserted Foley.

No I never have that I can remember

When I was a kid my mom took my temperature rectally, I didn't mind it much. But I really hated it when my father came in during it.

For the most part, it was taken in private in the bedroom or my mother and father's master bedroom. The post did bring back a very clear memory of a time when I was around 7 and my sister was 5. We were both sick and running a fever. My mother called us into her bedroom and announced that she wanted to take our temperatures. We were told to lay down on the bed and wait for her.

Mom came in carrying a tray. On it was a jar of petroleum jelly , tissues, bottle of alcohol and a white thermometer case. We sat up in the bed as mom opened the thermometer case and pulled out the thermometer and held it up to the light. She shook it down briskly , making a "whip-like " sound. She then opened the jar of petroleum jelly and dipped the thermometer into it and turned back to us.

"I am going to put the thermometer in your rear ends. It won't hurt, but you have to be still while it is in or it could "BREAK" she said with great seriousness. "Alright Tommy, turn over on your stomach." Mom said and , of course , I did. My sister sat and watched the procedure closely .

Mom dug her fingers into the waistband of my pajamas and underpants and pulled them down to below my knees.

I felt cool air on my now exposed bottom. With my head on the pillow and turned to the side, I felt my mother part my buttocks , exposing my anus. It tingled. Moments later, the lubricated bulb of the family rectal thermometer touched my anal opening and slowly slid up my rectum. Mom released my buttocks after inserting an inch or so up my feverish rear and she sat beside me and checked her watch.

I lay there enjoying the tingling sensations, as mom adjusted the rectal thermometer as my sister watched carefully. Mom finally withdrew and wiped the thermometer with an alcohol moistened tissue and noted my fever.

She then shook it down again and re-lubricated it and turned to my sister.

"Alright honey, it's your turn, now lay on your stomach for me." she said and I watched my sister assume the position I was just in.

Mom then pulled her panties down to below her knees and , as with me, she used the fingers of her left hand to spread my sister's buttocks.

Her tiny , pink anus came into view for a moment before my mother carefully eased the rectal thermometer into in before releasing her buttocks and sitting next to her on the bed for three minutes. My sister was a wiggler and my mother admonished her to "be still". I watched as she parted her buttocks and pushed the thermometer deeper into her rectum as her moving caused it to slide up.After noting three passes of the sweep hand , the rectal thermometer was removed, wiped clean and read.

When my mother left, we talked about the procedure and admitted that we liked the way it felt.

One time my temperature was taken rectally in front of my dad at the age of 4. My mom had the thermometer ready and I wanted to have her to take my temperature somewhere private but my mom said, "No, I am going to take your temperature right here on the sofa." The main reason why I wanted for my mom take it somewhere private was because my dad always made fun of my naked body every time I dropped my pants and undergarments to my knees to lay over my mom's lap and after my temperature taken was done.

Both of my parents saw me have my temperature taken rectally at the doctor's. My sister never saw it done to me, but I saw her have hers taken rectally twice during our annual physicals. My eyes were glued to the thermometer sticking out of her bottom; each time it was more than halfway in.

I saw my sister getting her rectal temperature taken and I wished I was her, but I didn't have mine taken after around 3 years old, so no one ever saw me. I do fantasize about getting a medically necessary rectal temp and having someone walk in in middle.