@SparklingStars10
Thanks for replying
*@GentlemanJayFab*.
This is a question for anyone that swings. If swingers swap partners, how do you cope with feelings of jealously, what if they’re more attractive than your partner, better chemistry etc?
Do you have rules about only playing with certain swingers?
Open and honest communication is crucial, as are clearly defined boundaries.
DP and I met on a swingers site so were able to have those very blunt conversations from the start. We agreed to be each others' primary partner so we always put our relationship ahead of any other. We started playing at parties but only with each other. Then we moved on to soft swap then hard swap, but always in sight of each other.
I'm a bit of a masochist but DP isn't particularly sadistic, so we had lots of conversations about "outsourcing" that need. We met a guy through our circle of friends and, having established some rules, I would pay him a visit on my own. Sometimes DP was interested in what I'd done, other times he didn't want to hear.
We've been to workshops about insecurity and jealousy. We recognise that it comes from a place of fear, of losing each other. But he's not "mine", I don't own him or control him. I can't hold onto him if he really wants to leave. And vice versa.
It helps that we can separate physical attraction from love. I can fancy the arse of a guy and want to shag him, that doesn't mean I want to leave DP or that I love him any less.
Equally, he might tell me he fancies a woman 20 years younger than me. The thought enters my mind that she's slimmer, prettier, but I can dismiss it as just that - a thought. Just because I think it, doesn't make it true. I know he loves me for all the things I am, not just how I look. So I'm very secure in our relationship.
And there's almost an implied security in having an open relationship. We don't cheat, there's no need to, we just ask for permission. That said, we don't always have our cake and eat it... sometimes we say no!