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What does one wear to a swingers club?

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SnowNotSoWhite · 08/02/2014 23:41

Apart from not a lot Grin
Have no intention of getting totally bare assed in public so any ideas on nice lingerie and clothes that would, be, ahem, accommodating?

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nkf · 09/02/2014 19:07

Sex object and sex goddess sound about the same thing to me. Both made up and fantasised about.

CuntyBunty · 09/02/2014 19:11

Thanks Rooners. I am interested on this now, and wanted to hear all POV, so it's good food for thought, especially what may or may not be perceived as the feminist perspective.

Hessy · 09/02/2014 19:15

Um.... What about STDs? Even if condoms are used, doesn't protect against all of them. Genuine question.

DakotaFanny · 09/02/2014 19:20

Marking place.....has this turned into a general thread about the clubs, or is a new one starting?

nkf · 09/02/2014 19:21

It's a long way from what to wear. That's for sure.

PotsofGold · 09/02/2014 19:32

The STD thing would be a worry for me. A female friend of mine caught herpes from giving a blow job to a guy she had a one night stand with. It has certainly scared me off from having casual sex....

I have been fascinated by this thread though!

Bowlersarm · 09/02/2014 19:40

Thanks, Rooners.

Agree nkf. 'What should I wear' to 'what happens, what do you do, why do you do, why would you, pies?, 'and anything else that your mind is boggled by and have the forum to ask'!

Fascinating. I hope Destiny, the OP, and others aren't feeling a bit freaked out by all the questions though.

Only1scoop · 09/02/2014 19:48

My first ever deletion earlier Shock
Is the buffet out soon? Grin

Destinysdaughter · 09/02/2014 19:55

Always happy to answer questions from people that are genuinely curious and not judgey. I was probably the same before I discovered this whole other world that exists out there...

Destinysdaughter · 09/02/2014 19:56

Curious about how OP feels about going to a club now and what she's going to wear...

Only1scoop · 09/02/2014 19:59

Or what 'he' thinks of our suggestions....

EBearhug · 09/02/2014 20:01

^I suspect there is a potential for manipulation and power games
but also potential for a whole lot of fun^

and that makes it all sound like quite a gamble...

Yes, but just take a look at the Relationships board, and you can see there's potential for manipulation and power games in any sort of relationship - I think any relationship is a gamble to a certain extent. I don't think anyone sets out thinking, I'm going to get married to a manipulative, lying bastard, but unfortunately, some discover they have, even when there's no hint of group sex or anything going on.

It won't be something that would fit in every relationship, but it can be fun when it does. I'm currently single, and I wouldn't need to be with a someone who wants to go swinging, but I would need to be with someone who understands and accepts that I have done it in the past and is okay with that. If they want to explore it with me, that's a bonus, but not a necessity. I haven't been for a few years, and I don't think I'd be comfortable with going alone - it's definitely a shared experience for me, with someone I love, respect and trust.

STDs - you shouldn't go if you're knowingly infected (but of course, many STDs can be asymptomatic.) Obviously it does increase the risk, so you've a responsibility to yourself and others to get tested from time to time. I suspect some people will be more diligent about this than others.

ilikebigbutts · 09/02/2014 20:05

Yes, but just take a look at the Relationships board, and you can see there's potential for manipulation and power games in any sort of relationship - I think any relationship is a gamble to a certain extent. I don't think anyone sets out thinking, I'm going to get married to a manipulative, lying bastard, but unfortunately, some discover they have, even when there's no hint of group sex or anything going on.

This is exactly what I was just thinking Ebearhug but you put it better than I could !

ilikebigbutts · 09/02/2014 20:05

I've actually just been looking at Swinger's clubs near our home....hope OH doesn't check my history !

StealthPolarBear · 09/02/2014 20:12

Confused at snatch

I want to know if they have pineapple hedgehogs

Lioninthesun · 09/02/2014 20:17

Hmm, I just looked at my local one (curiosity will strike me down I know) and every single one of the adverts lies about both partners ages. It has a little box to the right and most of them are knocking 10 years off at least! If you can't trust them to tell their real ages, how on earth can you imagine they have had STD checks?

EBearhug · 09/02/2014 20:18

I haven't seen pineapple hedgehogs, but I suspect that might just be that Germany is not as culinarily sophisticated as we are when it comes to party catering. Life is full of disappointments.

StealthPolarBear · 09/02/2014 20:21

:)

delbee · 09/02/2014 20:29

Oooo...the bratwurst will be out in Germany Grin

EBearhug · 09/02/2014 20:34

It was mostly salads, actually. Or possibly I chose to eat mostly salads. I find there's a limit to the amount of Wurst I can consume.

delbee · 09/02/2014 20:35

Haha ebearGrin

NotBrittaPieHonest · 09/02/2014 20:42

On the how can you "share" a partner thing...
The way I see it, it is like an activity like going to the theatre or dancing.

It can be a massively romantic and emotional thing to do with someone you love, but then next week you could go with a mate, and it would still be fun, but in a different way that doesn't change the fact you did it with someone you love the week before and will do it again with them. Except sex has a lot more cultural baggage. Which sometimes adds to the thrill...

Obviously not everyone's brains are wired like that, and that is all part of the wonderful variety of life Grin

Some relationships, one partner doesn't let the other so much as chat to the opposite sex, but if they are both happy and consenting then cool, whatever works for them. Same for relationships with other configurations - flirty, traditional, swinger, open, poly, bdsm, no sex, all the sex, married, unmarried, etc. As long as everyone involved is happy, consenting and aware then people find their own ways of working, and that's great.

In my opinion, it is nobody elses business and pretty shitty to be nasty to people on the basis of what they do or don't do with other consenting adults. Why interfere with people who are happy? The world needs more happy people Grin

KissesBreakingWave · 09/02/2014 20:52

The power games thing, is, as EBearhug says, a risk in any relationship. Swingers just the same as in any other (know a couple of swingers who've broken up because the H was a lying, abusive, powergaming arsehole, who played outside their agreed rules and - in my view at least - proceeded to rape the OW on a later meeting. She won't take the matter to the police, to the detriment of my blood pressure and tooth enamel).

However, good relationships happen at slightly above the rate of the vanilla world among swingers. There's more communication and the 'I've lost all desire for him/her' doesn't seem to happen.

If you really want to see power games reined in (indeed, hogtied with a ball gag in), get on the fetish scene. Limits, consent, negotiation and respect are built into it. Those who overstep the proper limits get called out (there's a big stink on one UK local scene about it at the moment) - the OW above, who's a friend of mine, got an immediate support group once she began talking about what had happened (not, initially, thinking it was rape, I'm sure you can fill in the blanks yourself) and every single one was off the fetish scene. Including facing down the angry, drunken shit who was trying to gaslight her right in front of us.

When you're making a hobby out of power games you actually think about what is abusive, what isn't, what's consented to and what's not, what's safe with both parties' personal demons and what isn't. Outside the session it 's all the more unacceptable because it's cheapening, abusing, demeaning and perverting something that can be beautiful, romantic and artistic. Inside the session, it's done to the hilt, with gusto, and plenty of theatrics.

With, of course, a buffet afterwards. And, occasionally, pie.

nkf · 09/02/2014 21:23

I don't know enough about it, but I don't see why ritualising abuse relationships might make them less real. For example, if you are submissive, aren't you meant to be a good sub and never actually using your no word?

Destinysdaughter · 09/02/2014 21:50

The paradox about sub/Dom relationships is that actually it's the sub who is really in control. The Dom can't so anything without their consent. The safeword is there to enable both parties feel secure in what they are doing. It's not about abuse or sadism, just the opposite. You have to communicate what you want as a sub so it takes a lot of trust, honesty and communication. It can be a deeply spiritual experience and sex never gets dull!

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