With lockdown forcing flatmates to be cooped up together for months, or grown children having to move back in with their parents, people could be forgiven for hankering after a little quiet time alone.
So perhaps it s little surprise that the market for super-silent sex toys has surged over the winter.
Retailer Ann Summers said sales of the quietest vibrator, the Whisper Rabbit, are up by 60 per cent compared with a year ago.
Retailer Ann Summers said sales of the quietest vibrator, the Whisper Rabbit, are up by 60 per cent compared with a year ago (File image)
And with no pubs and restaurants open to spend money in, Britons have evidently developed expensive tastes in the bedroom, with sales of adult toys priced £100 or more up 160 per cent between November and mid-February.