Swingers! The (not) movie... Personally, I always thought that the concept of open relationships were things that one only sees in movies, or it's done by fairly desperate and unattractive people. I actually had quite an eye-opening experience last night. I was at a friend's house, who was having a birthday party for his wife, and after a few cocktails (and I think he had been smoking something also), he tells me that there was this amazingly attractive couple coming to the party that were real "swingers". Given my skepticism on the whole topic, I had a definite vision in my head, and boy was I wrong!

The couple that walked in could have been models. Both were absolutely beautiful, confident, incredibly nice, intelligent, and obviously friendly. Given my constant inquisitive nature, I tried desperately to get them to talk about their life, but couldn't get anything substantial out of them. They were very well dressed and kept mentioning that they were actually going to a "party" after their visit, and you have to figure they didn't get there until about 11. I ended up leaving around midnight and they were still there.

I talk to my friend this morning, and he gives me all sorts of juicy details about their life. It went something along these lines: She loves him. He loves her. They both love sex. She has sex with him, but also likes to have sex with girls. He likes to have sex with her, but also likes it when she has sex with him (if you catch my point). They like to go out and meet single girls or couples, and all have sex together. The rules: she can't have penetration sex with another man, and he can't have penetration sex with another woman. All else is fair game!

I would venture to guess that there are not many people out there who could handle such a relationship, but it sure seemed to work for them! :)

-SGB  ¶ 2:18 PM

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