# Swinging Parties **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2000, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swinging-parties/33311 "2000-09-15T16:08:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sloblock\_uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@sloblock\_uk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sloblock_uk)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swinging-parties/33311/21 "2000-09-19T18:13:58Z")
> [@](#): > > - > > Whatever happened to just loving one person. Guess I’m just an old-fashioned young’un. > > \*\* Some (swinging) couples argue that by mutually agreeing to their respective partner’s “picking fruit from other trees”, they are in fact combating the stagnation of their own marriage/relationship. Some couples even claim that it strengthens their marriage/relationship. Quite how I don’t know. I guess I’m just a randy devil 😉 who wants to have sex with other people, but who doesn’t necessarily want to end his existing relationship. ---
**Author:** ![SkySlash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SkySlash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkySlash)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swinging-parties/33311/22 "2000-09-19T20:57:11Z")
However, I have a friend(female) that wants to take me to a club and then to the after party when the club closes. The idea of a night of casual sex certainly sounds stimulating but I’m not sure if I’m ready for that type of environment. Suggestions for a first timer? The decision has to be made by Friday. List me some of the pro’s and con’s and some of the shocking things that will blow my little semi-pure mind out of the water! My curious side says go for it…its just one night, but my cautious side says, what if you see someone you know! :eek: -SS ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swinging-parties/33311/23 "2000-09-19T21:15:10Z")
I think SkySlash, that if you see somebody you know then you screw them… ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swinging-parties/33311/24 "2000-09-19T21:33:49Z")
I was with a swinger a couple of times. It was… odd. While I had fun the couple of times we were together, I had to break it off because the concept of her leaving me to go home to her husband and kids was a bit unnerving to me. But hey… If other people can do it, more power to 'em… * * * Yer pal, Satan - Commissioner, [The Teeming Minions](http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/full/show?lid=39428&page=leaguehome) \*I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Five months, one week, three days, 19 hours, 37 minutes and 24 seconds. 6552 cigarettes not smoked, saving $819.09. Extra life with Drain Bead: 3 weeks, 1 day, 18 hours, 0 minutes. \***“I’m a big Genesis fan.”-David B. _(Amen, brother!)_** \*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swinging-parties/33311.md?page=1)